Meaning

1 senses
  1. A rare chronic blood disorder characterised by the overproduction of platelets by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow

Forms

plural: essential thrombocythemias

Synonyms

2 synonyms
essential thrombocytosisprimary thrombocytosis

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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