Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glanzmann's thrombasthenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glanz-man-n's throm-bas-the-nia
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare coagulopathy in which the blood platelets contain defective or low levels of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GpIIb/IIIa), which is a receptor for fibrinogen.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Eduard Glanzmann (1887-1959), the Swiss pediatrician who originally described it.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does glanzmann's thrombasthenia mean?: A rare coagulopathy in which the blood platelets contain defective or low levels of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GpIIb/IIIa), which is a receptor for fibrinogen.
Where does glanzmann's thrombasthenia come from?: Named after Eduard Glanzmann (1887-1959), the Swiss pediatrician who originally described it.

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