-penia- (s), -penias (pl), -penic, pen-, penia- +
(Greek > Modern Latin: abnormal reduction, decrease in, insufficient, deficiency. Originally, the meaning was poverty, need; sometimes it is erroneously or incorrectly rendered as -poenia)
calcipenia, calcipenic
A condition in which there is an insufficient amount of calcium in the tissues and fluids of the body.
chloropenia
A deficiency in chloride.
cytoglucopenia
An intracellular deficiency of glucose.
cytopenia
A reduction, i.e., hypocytosis, or a lack of cellular elements in circulating blood.
eosinopenia
The presence of eosinophils in an abnormally small number in the peripheral bloodstream; hypoeosinophilia.
erythroblastopenia
A primary deficiency of erythroblasts in bone marrow, seen in aplastic anemia.
erythrocytopenia, erythropenia
Deficiency in the number of red blood cells.
fibrinogenopenia
1. A concentration of fibrinogen in the blood that is less than what is considered to be normal.
2. The reduction in the amount of fibrinogen in the blood, usually because of a liver disorder.
glucopenia
An abnormally small concentration of glucose in circulating blood, i.e., less than the minimum of the normal range; hypoglycemia.
glycopenia
A deficiency of any or all sugars in an organ or tissue.
granulocytopenia, granulopenia, hypogranulocytosis
A condition characterized by an abnormally small number of granulocytes (granular leukocytes) in the blood.
hematopenia
Deficiency of blood, including hypocytosis or cytopenia.
hydropenic
A reduction or deprivation of water.
kaliopenia
A deficiency or insufficiency of potassium in the body.
leukocytopenia, leukopenia, leukopenic, leucopenic
The antithesis of leukocytosis; any situation in which the total number of leukocytes in circulating blood that is less than normal, the lower limit of which is generally regarded as 40005000 per cu mm.
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