POLYCYTHEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polycythemia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

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