A reduction, relative or absolute, in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood. SYN: lymphocytic leukopenia, lymphocytopenia. [lympho- + G. penia, poverty]
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lym·pho·pe·nia .lim(p)-fə-'pē-nē-ə n reduction in the number of lymphocytes circulating in the blood of humans or animals
lym·pho·pe·nic -'pē-nik adj
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n.
a decrease in the number of lymphocyte in the blood, which may occur in a wide variety of diseases.
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lym·pho·pe·nia (lim″fo-peґne-ə) lymphocytopenia.Medical dictionary. 2011.