See Also: optical rotatory dispersion(medicine)
specific optical dispersion(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Rotatory(medicine)
rotatory tic(medicine)
rotatory spasm(medicine)
rotatory nystagmus(medicine)
Dispersion(medicine)
dispersion(dictionary)
dispersion(encyclopedia)

Thrombocytopenia (medicine) and optical rotatory dispersion (medicine)


Thrombocytopenia (medicine)


thrombocytopenia
<haematology> A decrease in the number of platelets in the blood, resulting in the potential for increased bleeding and decreased ability for clotting.

Origin: Gr. Penia = poverty


optical rotatory dispersion (medicine)


optical rotatory dispersion


The method of measuring the dispersion of an optically active molecule to determine the relative magnitude of right- or left-handed components and sometimes structural features of the molecule.