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bone marrow suppression (medicine)


bone marrow suppression
<oncology, pharmacology> 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.