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thrombocytosis

throm·bo·cy·tosis

uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From thrombocyte + -osis = thrombo- + cytosis.

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