Agranulocytosis
Agranulocytosis is a medical condition where there are very few granulocytes (a kind of white blood cell) in the blood. It is a type of severe and dangerous leukopenia (a condition of very low number of white blood cells). If the agranulocytosis is because of a lack of neutrophils, also called the neutropenia, it is especially bad.[1][2]
| Agranulocytosis | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | D70. |
| ICD-9 | 288.0 |
| DiseasesDB | 8994 |
| MeSH | D000380 |
Etymology
The word agranulocytosis comes from the Greek "a-", meaning "without", the word "granulocyte", referring to a type of blood cell with granules in the cytoplasm, and "-osis", meaning "abnormal condition".