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noun
A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blood disease, blood disorder
History
From poly- + -cyte + -emia, with /θ/ for euphony; akin to poly- + -cyte + hem- + -ia; morphologically parallel with erythrocythemia.
Across languages
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