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THROMBOCYTOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thrombocytosis" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)