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werlhof
noun(Werl-hof's disease)thrombocytopenic purpura
werlhof
noun(Werl-hof's disease)a blood disorder that is marked by bleeding from small blood vessels especially into the skin and mucous membranes resulting in purplish bruises, petechiae, hematomas, nosebleeds, and bleeding from the gums and that is caused by a reduction in circulating blood platelets —called also purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease