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Polycythemia

//ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood wordnet

Etymology

From poly- + -cyte + -emia, with /θ/ for euphony; akin to poly- + -cyte + hem- + -ia; morphologically parallel with erythrocythemia.

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