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  • noun Alternative spelling of polycythemia.

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Examples

  • He had a number of patients there; a rare case of aplastic anaemia -- the only treatment of which was frequent blood transfusions, two young women with leukaemia, an elder woman with Hodgkin's disease and two cases of polycythaemia.

    A Kiss For Julie Neels, Betty 1996

  • Among his other interests were leucaemia, disorders of the lymphatic tissues and polycythaemia, but his most important contributions to knowledge were made in his studies of anaemia.

    George R. Minot - Biography 1965

  • The study found that the link was especially strong in polycythaemia vera (PV), one of the main three MPDs.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Malar fllush • It is commonly seen in children with high fever, polycythaemia and severe mitral stenosis.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Malar fllush • It is commonly seen in children with high fever, polycythaemia and severe mitral stenosis.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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