THROMBOCYTOSIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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