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polycythæmia

polycythæmia is the obsolete spelling of polycythemia.

Meaning of polycythemia

Noun

polycythemia (countable and uncountable, plural polycythemias)

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

Questions about polycythæmia

What is polycythæmia the obsolete spelling of?
Polycythæmia is the obsolete spelling of polycythemia.

Words near polycythæmia in the dictionary

  1. polycythemia
  2. polycythemia rubra vera
  3. polycythemia vera
  4. polycythemias
  5. polycythemic
  6. polycythæmia
  7. polycytidine
  8. polycytidylic
  9. polycytokine
  10. polycytokines
  11. polycytosine

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