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polycythaemia

polycythaemia is the alternative 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.

Forms of polycythaemia

pluralpolycythaemias

Words formed from polycythaemia

Questions about polycythaemia

What is polycythaemia the alternative spelling of?
Polycythaemia is the alternative spelling of polycythemia.

Words near polycythaemia in the dictionary

  1. polycystine
  2. polycystines
  3. polycystins
  4. polycystronic
  5. polycytaemia
  6. polycythaemia
  7. polycythaemia vera
  8. polycythaemias
  9. polycythaemic
  10. polycythemia
  11. polycythemia rubra vera

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