Bone marrow depression
Definition: A laboratory finding indicating decreased number of hematopoietic cells in the bone marrow. It may result from decreased proliferation of all or part of the hematopoietic series (erythroid, myeloid, and megakaryocytic). Microscopically, the hematopoietic cells are replaced by adipocytes.
Synonyms (terms occurring on more labels are shown first): bone marrow depression, marrow depression, marrow hypoplasia, bone marrow hypoplasia, bone-marrow depression, depression of bone marrow, bone-marrow hypoplasia
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