"polycythemia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə/ Forms: polycythemias [plural]
Etymology: poly- + -cyte + -emia, with /θ/ for euphony; akin to poly- + -cyte + hem- + -ia; morphologically parallel with erythrocythemia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|-cyte|emia}} poly- + -cyte + -emia, {{m|mul|θ|/θ/}} /θ/, {{l|en|euphony}} euphony, {{affix|en|poly-|-cyte|hem-|-ia|nocat=1}} poly- + -cyte + hem- + -ia, {{m|en|erythrocythemia#Etymology}} erythrocythemia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polycythemia (countable and uncountable, plural polycythemias)
  1. (pathology) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases Synonyms: polyglobulia, erythrocythemia, erythrocytosis, polycythaemia, polycythæmia Hyponyms: polycythemia vera (alt: erythremia) Derived forms: polycythemia vera Translations (bone marrow disorder): policitèmia [feminine] (Catalan), erytrosyteesi (Finnish), polysytemia (Finnish), polyglobulie [feminine] (French), polycythémie [feminine] (French), policitemia [feminine] (Italian), nadkrwistość [feminine] (Polish), poliglobulia [feminine] (Portuguese), policitemie [feminine] (Romanian), policitemia [feminine] (Spanish)

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