Disease or Syndrome
agranulocytosis Audio
a·gran·u·lo·cy·to·sis [ uh-gran-yuh-loh-sahy-toh-sis ]
Subclass of:
Leukopenia
Etymology:
Greek a = not + Latin granulum (diminutive of granum = grain) + Greek kytos = vessel or cell + -osis = condition
A modern coinage to mean a lack of granular leukocytes.
Definitions related to agranulocytosis:
  • A decrease in the number of GRANULOCYTES; (BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and NEUTROPHILS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Marked decrease in the number of granulocytes.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • (granulocytopenia) Decrease in the number of granulocytes (basophils, eosinophils, and neutrophils).
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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). In most cases, agranulocytosis...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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