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thrombocytemia

thrombocytemia noun: the presence of thrombocytes in the blood.

Noun

thrombocytemia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombocytemias)

  1. The presence of thrombocytes in the blood
    • We studied 192 patients with myeloproliferative disorders, 90 with Essential thrombocytemia (ET), 42 with Polycythemia vera (PV) and 60 with Primary or idiopathic myelofibrosis (PMI).2015, Mihaela TEVET et al., “Influence of the JAK2 V617F Mutation and Inherited Thrombophilia on the Thrombotic Risk among Patients with Myeloproliferative Disorders”, in Mædica, volume 10

Forms of thrombocytemia

pluralthrombocytemias

Origin of thrombocytemia

From thrombocyte + -emia.

Questions about thrombocytemia

What does thrombocytemia mean?
Thrombocytemia means the presence of thrombocytes in the blood.
What part of speech is thrombocytemia?
Thrombocytemia is a noun.
What is the plural of thrombocytemia?
The plural of thrombocytemia is thrombocytemias.

Words near thrombocytemia in the dictionary

  1. thromboblasts
  2. thrombocclusive
  3. thrombocypenia
  4. thrombocytapheresis
  5. thrombocyte
  6. thrombocytemia
  7. thrombocytemias
  8. thrombocytes
  9. thrombocythaemia
  10. thrombocythaemias
  11. thrombocythaemic

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