polycythemia

English

Alternative forms

• polycythaemia
• polycythæmia

Etymology

From 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)

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

Synonyms

• polyglobulia
• erythrocythemia
• erythrocytosis

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