Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

essential thrombocythemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: es-sen-tial throm-bo-cythemia
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a rare chronic blood disorder characterised by the overproduction of platelets by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow

Inflected Forms

essential thrombocythemias (plural) essential thrombocythaemia (alternative) ET (alternative)

Synonyms

essential thrombocytosis primary thrombocytosis

Questions

What does essential thrombocythemia mean?: a rare chronic blood disorder characterised by the overproduction of platelets by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow

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