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jerboa (iou) and low platelet count (medicine)


jerboa (iou)



jerboa noun. M17.
[mod. Latin jerboa, gerboa from Arab. yarbu(a), dial. jarbu.]
Any of various small chiefly nocturnal rodents of the family Dipodidae, of arid regions in Africa and Eurasia, which have very long hind legs and short forelegs, a long tufted tail, and great powers of jumping.
Comb.: jerboa kangaroo = BETTONG; jerboa-mouse an American kangaroo-rat; jerboa-rat Austral. any of various jumping rodents of the Australian genera Notomys and Conilurus.

low platelet count (medicine)


low platelet count
<haematology> An abnormally low platelet count. Normal platelet counts are 150,000-400,000 per cubic millimetre.

Those with low platelet counts may exhibit haematuria, haematemesis, easy bruising, bleeding gums, melena (blood in stools), prolonged menses or nosebleeds. Spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage can occur with platelet counts of 10-15,000 (or less).