polycythemia
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poly- + -cyte + -emia, with /θ/ for euphony; akin to poly- + -cyte + hem- + -ia; morphologically parallel with erythrocythemia.
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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.
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bone marrow disorder
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