Polycythemia

Introduction: Polycythemia

Description of Polycythemia

Polycythemia (medical condition): Excess red blood cells in the blood.

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Polycythemia: SYN: hypercythemia. SYN: erythrocythemia. [poly- + G. kytos, cell, + haima, blood]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Polycythemia: a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Polycythemia: An increase in the total red cell mass of the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Polycythemia: increase in the total red cell mass of the blood.
Source: CRISP

Polycythemia: An increase in the total red cell mass of the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Polycythemia as a Disease

Polycythemia (medical condition): See Polycythemia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Polycythemia
  »Symptoms of Polycythemia
  »Causes of Polycythemia
  »Treatments for Polycythemia

Polycythemia: Related Diseases

Polycythemia: Polycythemia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Blood conditions

More information on medical condition: Polycythemia:

• Information about Polycythemia
• Basic Summary for Polycythemia
• Types of Polycythemia
• Causes of Polycythemia
• Symptoms of Polycythemia
• Complications of Polycythemia
• Treatments for Polycythemia

Polycythemia as a Symptom

Polycythemia (symptom): increase in the total number of red blood cells in the circulation. It can be primary or secondary.

Polycythemia (symptom): See Polycythemia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Polycythemia:

• Polycythemia

Polycythemia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Polycythemia:

• absolute polycythemia
• primary polycythemia
• secondary polycythemia
• Chuvash polycythemia
• relative polycythemia
• leukemia
• altitude sickness
• pheochromocytoma
• adrenal adem=noma
• Cushing's syndrome

Terms associated with Polycythemia:

Terms Similar to Polycythemia:

• Polycythaemia
• Erythrocythemia
• Erythrocytosis
• PCV increased
• Packed cell volume increased

Source: Diseases Database

• Erythrocytosis

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Polycythemia

• Hematologic Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

• bone marrow disorder

Source - CRISP

• blood disease
• blood disorder

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Polycythemia

The following list attempts to classify Polycythemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• blood disease,blood disorder
• blood dyscrasia
• dyscrasia
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Polycythemia

External links related to: Polycythemia

• eMedicine - Polycythemia, Secondary : Article by Emmanuel C Besa, MD
• eMedicine - Polycythemia : Article by Kristin Baird, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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