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AGRANULOCYTOSIS
agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia
(noun) an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agranulocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural agranulocytoses)
(disease) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
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HYPERICISM
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
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