Medical Definition of Bone marrow suppression
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A side effect of many anticancer and antiviral drugs, including AZT.
Bone marrow suppression leads to a decrease in white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. Such reductions in turn result in anaemia, bacterial infections and spontaneous or excess bleeding.
(09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone Marrow Suppression
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