Associations to the word «Polycythemia»

Wiktionary

POLYCYTHEMIA, noun. (disease) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.

Dictionary definition

POLYCYTHEMIA, noun. A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats