Agranulocytosis

Agranulocytosis Classification and other resource links
ICD-10	D70.
ICD-9	288.0
DiseasesDB	8994
MeSH	D000380

Agranulocytosis is a medical condition where there are very few granulocytes (a kind of white blood cell) in the blood. It is a type of severe and dangerous leukopenia (a condition of very low number of white blood cells). If the agranulocytosis is because of a lack of neutrophils (called neutropenia), it is especially bad.

Where does the name come from?

Agranulocytosis is a medical word made up of three parts:

• a, from the Greek, meaning without
• granulocyte, a particular kind of cell, is itself two words put together:
  • granul- meaning having small vessicles, and
  • cyte meaning cell
• osis, from the Greek, meaning condition or disorder