Polycythemia Definition

pŏlē-sī-thēmē-ə
noun
An abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles.
Webster's New World

Origin of Polycythemia

  • poly– cyt(o)– –hemia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Polycythemia Sentence Examples

  • Patients who have leukemia, polycythemia vera, or aplastic anemia are given periodic platelet count tests to monitor their health.

  • It occurs in polycythemia vera and other disorders in which the bone marrow produces too many platelets.

  • Abnormally high platelet levels (thrombocytosis) may indicate either a benign reaction to an infection, surgery, or certain medications; or a disease like polycythemia vera, in which the bone marrow produces too many platelets too quickly.

  • There is a risk of a condition known as polycythemia vera, which is the formation of too many red blood cells.