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polycythaemia (medicine)


polycythaemia
<haematology> Increase in the haemoglobin content of the blood, either because of a reduction in plasma volume or an increase in red cell numbers. The latter may be a result of abnormal proliferation of red cell precursors (polycythaemia vera, Vaquez Osler disease).

Origin: Gr. Haima = blood