[ noun ] an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes <noun.state>
But the drug also can cause a potentially fatal blood disorder called agranulocytosis, in which the level of infection-fighting white blood cells is reduced.
Ticlid carries a risk of neutropenia and agranulocytosis, two life-threatening forms of bone marrow suppression and depletion of blood cells.