Disease or Syndrome
pancytopenia Audio
pan·cy·to·pe·ni·a
Subclass of:
Hematological Disease
Etymology:
Greek pan = all + kytos = vessel or cell + penia = poverty
Applied to a reduction in all forms of blood cells.
Definitions related to pancytopenia:
  • A finding of low numbers of red and white blood cells and platelets in the peripheral blood.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Abnormally low level of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in the blood.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An abnormal reduction in numbers of all blood cell types (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets).
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • Deficiency of all three cell elements of the blood, erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (bone marrow failure) The inability of the bone marrow to produce hematopoietic elements.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The bone marrow failure syndromes include a group of disorders than can be either inherited or acquired. These diseases are disorders of the hematopoietic stem cell that can involve either 1 cell line or all of the cell lines (erythroid for red cells, myeloid for white blood cells, megakaryocytic for platelets).
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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