polycythemia

English

Alternative forms

polycythaemia
polycythæmia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə/

Noun

polycythemia (countable and uncountable, plural polycythemias)

(pathology) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

polycythemia vera (erythremia)

Translations

bone marrow disorder

Catalan: policitèmia f
Finnish: erytrosyteesi, polysytemia
French: polyglobulie f, polycythémie f
Italian: policitemia (it) f
Polish: nadkrwistość f
Portuguese: poliglobulia f
Romanian: policitemie (ro) f, policitemie (ro) f
Spanish: policitemia f

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