agranulocytosis

a·gran·u·lo·cy·to·sis   (ā-grān'yə-lō-sī-tō'sĭs)    n.  An acute disease marked by high fever and a sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells. It may be drug-induced or the result of exposure to radiation.

Main Entry: agran·u·lo·cy·to·sis
Pronunciation: "A-"gran-y&-lO-"sI-'tO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural agran·u·lo·cy·to·ses /-"sEz/
: an acute febrile condition marked by severe depression of the granulocyte-producing bone marrow and byprostration, chills, swollen neck, and sore throat sometimes with local ulceration and believed to be basically a response to the side effects of certain drugs of the coal-tar series (as aminopyrine)called also agranulocytic angina, granulocytopenia

agranulocytosis a·gran·u·lo·cy·to·sis (ā-grān'yə-lō-sī-tō'sĭs, ə-grān'-)
n.
An acute disease characterized by high fever, lesions of the mucous membranes and skin, and a sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells.

agranulocytosis

acute infection characterized by severe sore throat, fever, and fatigue and associated with an extreme reduction of white blood cells, or leukocytes (a condition known as leukopenia), particularly the white cells known as neutrophils (neutropenia).

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