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  • adjective Having neutropenia.
  • adjective not comparable Characterized by, or concerning, neutropenia.

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Examples

  • For a large part of the past two years Lucy has been neutropenic, meaning she has no natural resistance to infection.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • For a large part of the past two years Lucy has been neutropenic, meaning she has no natural resistance to infection.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • She was feverish and neutropenic from the chemotherapy, meaning that she had no power to fight whatever infection it was she had inside.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • She was feverish and neutropenic from the chemotherapy, meaning that she had no power to fight whatever infection it was she had inside.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • Unfortunately, there is a time when you are fighting cancer that you become neutropenic, i.e., you have no white blood cells to fight off infection.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

  • Unfortunately, there is a time when you are fighting cancer that you become neutropenic, i.e., you have no white blood cells to fight off infection.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

  • The study evaluated the effect of talactoferrin versus placebo in 47 patients with acute myelogenous leukemia AML in preventing neutropenic fever and oral mucositis, which are common side effects of chemotherapies used to treat AML.

    unknown title 2011

  • ERAXIS has not been studied in endocarditis, osteomyelitis, or meningitis due to Candida, and has not been studied in sufficient numbers of neutropenic patients with Candida infections to determine efficacy in this group.

    unknown title 2011

  • There was no difference between the arms regarding neutropenic fever.

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  • By reducing the duration and severity of neutropenia, Neupogen® has been shown to decrease a patient's risk of fever and admission to the hospital for treatment of neutropenic fever.

    CancerConsultants 2010

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