1. a medical condition characterized by a reduction in the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in the blood
Usage: medical

Examples

• The patient was diagnosed with pancytopenia after blood tests showed dangerously low cell counts.
• Chemotherapy can sometimes cause pancytopenia as a side effect.
• The doctor ordered a bone marrow biopsy to determine the cause of the pancytopenia.
• Pancytopenia increases the risk of infection, bleeding, and anemia.
• Treatment for pancytopenia depends on identifying the underlying cause.
• The hematologist explained that pancytopenia affects all three major blood cell types.