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)

Derived terms

polycythemia vera

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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