Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition marked by an abnormally large number of red blood cells in the circulatory system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excess of red corpuscles in the blood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A rare disorder in which the
bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount ofblood cells , oftenred blood cells .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Murphy blamed Gans 'death on "acute hydromorphone toxicity," and said Gans also had hypertensive cardiovascular disease, a high blood pressure condition, and a condition called polycythemia that caused his red blood cell count to go up.
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The blood cancer identified in the Tamaqua area is known as polycythemia vera - an abnormal increase in blood cells (primarily red blood cells) due to excess production of the cells by the bone marrow.
Times Leader News 2009
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Murphy blamed Gans 'death on "acute hydromorphone toxicity," and said Gans also had hypertensive cardiovascular disease, a high blood pressure condition, and a condition called polycythemia that caused his red blood cell count to go up.
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Even professional mountaineers are at risk for experiencing "polycythemia," in which the body manufactures too many red blood cells in reaction to oxygen deprivation. high blood pressure of the lung vessels can trigger respiratory failure, which can be deadly.
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Such interventions, if fruitful in humans, might be useful against some cancers and other diseases, such as polycythemia vera, in which the body produces a life-threatening excess of blood cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Even professional mountaineers are at risk for experiencing "polycythemia," in which the body manufactures too many red blood cells in reaction to oxygen deprivation. high blood pressure of the lung vessels can trigger respiratory failure, which can be deadly.
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Even professional mountaineers are at risk for experiencing "polycythemia," in which the body manufactures too many red blood cells in reaction to oxygen deprivation. high blood pressure of the lung vessels can trigger respiratory failure, which can be deadly.
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Even professional mountaineers are at risk for experiencing "polycythemia," in which the body manufactures too many red blood cells in reaction to oxygen deprivation. high blood pressure of the lung vessels can trigger respiratory failure, which can be deadly.
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Such interventions, if fruitful in humans, might be useful against some cancers and other diseases, such as polycythemia vera, in which the body produces a life-threatening excess of blood cells.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Such interventions, if fruitful in humans, might be useful against some cancers and other diseases, such as polycythemia vera, in which the body produces a life-threatening excess of blood cells.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
chained_bear commented on the word polycythemia
"Indeed, bleeding—today called 'phlebotomy'—can actually help in some rare diseases, such as polycythemia, a rare genetic disorder that causes people to make too much blood, or hemachromatosis, when the blood carries too much iron."
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 22
February 11, 2009