See Also: macrocythemia(medicine)
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minus 3, adjective (oh) and macrocythemia (medicine)


minus 3, adjective (oh)



3 adj
[only before noun] BrE used to talk about a disadvantage of a thing or situation
-opposite plus plus
::'Any minus points ?' 'Well, the engine is rather noisy.'
:: On the minus side , there is no free back-up service if things go wrong.
less than zero - used especially when talking about temperatures
::At night temperatures sometimes fall to minus 30กใ.
::a minus quantity
A minus/B minus etc
a mark used in a system of judging students' work. An 'A minus' is slightly lower than a 'A', but higher than a 'B'.
-opposite plus plus

macrocythemia (medicine)


macrocythemia


The occurrence of unusually large numbers of macrocytes in the circulating blood.

Synonym: macrocytosis, megalocythemia, megalocytosis.

Origin: macrocyte + G. Haima, blood

Hyperchromatic macrocythemia, an inexact term frequently used for macrocytes that contain an unusually large amount of haemoglobin, but are actually normochromic; although the total mass of haemoglobin is greater than normal (owing to the large cells), the percentage of haemoglobin in the cells is not greater than normal.