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Polycythemia, the Glossary

Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia) is a laboratory finding in which the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood) and/or hemoglobin concentration are increased in the blood.^[1]

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Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn
Hematopathology
Red blood cell disorders

ACE inhibitor

Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) are a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure.

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Adrenocortical adenoma

An adrenocortical adenoma or adrenal adenoma is commonly described as a benign neoplasm emerging from the cells that comprise the adrenal cortex.

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Altitude sickness

Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation.

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Amaurosis fugax

Amaurosis fugax (ἀμαύρωσις, amaurosis meaning 'darkening', 'dark', or 'obscure', fugax meaning 'fleeting') is a painless temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes.

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Anabolic steroid

Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR).

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Anemia

Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen. Polycythemia and Anemia are Hematopathology.

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Angiotensin II receptor blocker

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), formally angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) antagonists, also known as angiotensin receptor blockers, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, or AT1 receptor antagonists, are a group of pharmaceuticals that bind to and inhibit the angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) and thereby block the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of renin–angiotensin system.

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Aquagenic pruritus

Aquagenic pruritus is a skin condition characterized by the development of severe, intense, prickling-like epidermal itching without observable skin lesions and evoked by contact with water.

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Blood

Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

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Blood doping

Blood doping is a form of doping in which the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream is boosted in order to enhance athletic performance.

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Blood gas test

A blood gas test or blood gas analysis tests blood to measure blood gas tension values, it also measures blood pH, and the level and base excess of bicarbonate.

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Body fluid

Body fluids, bodily fluids, or biofluids, sometimes body liquids, are liquids within the body of an organism.

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Bone marrow

Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue found within the spongy (also known as cancellous) portions of bones.

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Bone marrow examination

Bone marrow examination refers to the pathologic analysis of samples of bone marrow obtained by bone marrow biopsy (often called trephine biopsy) and bone marrow aspiration.

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Bone marrow suppression

Bone marrow suppression also known as myelotoxicity or myelosuppression, is the decrease in production of cells responsible for providing immunity (leukocytes), carrying oxygen (erythrocytes), and/or those responsible for normal blood clotting (thrombocytes).

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Capillary leak syndrome

Capillary leak syndrome, or vascular leak syndrome, is characterized by the escape of blood plasma through capillary walls, from the blood circulatory system to surrounding tissues, muscle compartments, organs or body cavities.

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in carbon monoxide (CO) at excessive levels.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.

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Chuvash people

The Chuvash people (чӑваш; çăvaş), plural: чӑвашсем, çăvaşsem; чува́ши.) are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of the Ogurs, native to an area stretching from the Idel-Ural (Volga-Ural) region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout the Russian Federation.

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Chuvashia

Chuvashia (Чувашия; Çăvaš Jen), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe.

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Complete blood count

A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood.

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Cushing's syndrome

Cushing's syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms due to prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids such as cortisol.

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Cyanosis

Cyanosis is the change of body tissue color to a bluish-purple hue, as a result of decrease in the amount of oxygen bound to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells of the capillary bed.

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Cytopenia

Cytopenia is a reduction in the number of mature blood cells.

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Dehydration

In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.

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Dominance (genetics)

In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant (allele) of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.

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Eero Mäntyranta

Eero Antero Mäntyranta (20 November 1937 – 29 December 2013) was one of the most successful Finnish cross-country skiers.

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EGLN1

Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase 2 (HIF-PH2), or prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2), is an enzyme encoded by the EGLN1 gene.

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Endurance game

An endurance game is a game where the object is to last as long as possible under some sort of stress.

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EPAS1

Endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1 (EPAS1, also known as hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha (HIF-2α)) is a protein that is encoded by the EPAS1 gene in mammals.

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Erythromelalgia

Erythromelalgia or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed.

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Erythropoiesis

Erythropoiesis (from Greek 'erythro' meaning "red" and 'poiesis' "to make") is the process which produces red blood cells (erythrocytes), which is the development from erythropoietic stem cell to mature red blood cell.

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Erythropoietin

Erythropoietin (EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bone marrow.

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Erythropoietin receptor

The erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPOR gene.

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Genetic testing

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.

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Headache

Headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.

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Hematocrit

The hematocrit (Ht or HCT), also known by several other names, is the volume percentage (vol%) of red blood cells (RBCs) in blood, measured as part of a blood test.

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Hematology

Hematology (always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.

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Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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Hepatomegaly

Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver.

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High-performance liquid chromatography

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify specific components in mixtures.

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Hormone replacement therapy

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause.

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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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Hypogonadism

Hypogonadism means diminished functional activity of the gonads—the testicles or the ovaries—that may result in diminished production of sex hormones.

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Hypovolemia

Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body.

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Hypoxia (medicine)

Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.

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Hypoxia-inducible factor

Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors that respond to decreases in available oxygen in the cellular environment, or hypoxia.

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Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Polycythemia and iron deficiency are red blood cell disorders.

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Ischia

Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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Janus kinase 2

Janus kinase 2 (commonly called JAK2) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase.

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Leukemia

Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.

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Liver tumor

Liver tumors (also known as hepatic tumors) are abnormal growth of liver cells on or in the liver.

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Methemoglobinemia

Methemoglobinemia, or methaemoglobinaemia, is a condition of elevated methemoglobin in the blood. Polycythemia and Methemoglobinemia are red blood cell disorders.

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Myeloproliferative neoplasm

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare blood cancers in which excess red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets are produced in the bone marrow.

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Nail clubbing

Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails associated with a number of diseases, anomalies and defects; some congenital.

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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a survey research program conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States, and to track changes over time.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.

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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a continuously updated catalog of human genes and genetic disorders and traits, with a particular focus on the gene-phenotype relationship.

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Pheochromocytoma

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of the adrenal medulla composed of chromaffin cells and is part of the paraganglioma (PGL) family of tumors, being defined as an intra-adrenal PGL.

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Phlebotomy

Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a cannula for the purpose of drawing blood.

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Platelet

Platelets or thrombocytes are a blood component whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.

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Polycythemia vera

In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. Polycythemia and polycythemia vera are Hematopathology.

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Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH or PHTN) is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs.

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Pulse oximetry

Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method for monitoring blood oxygen saturation.

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Red blood cell

Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes (with -cyte translated as 'cell' in modern usage) in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

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Renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport primary urine.

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Skiing

Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport.

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Sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway during sleep results in poor ventilation and sleep disruption.

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Sleep study

A sleep study is a test that records the activity of the body during sleep.

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Splenomegaly

Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen.

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Thrombosis

Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system.

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Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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Transient ischemic attack

A transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a minor stroke whose noticeable symptoms usually end in less than an hour.

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Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), also known as feto-fetal transfusion syndrome (FFTS), twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence (TOPS) and stuck twin syndrome, is a complication of monochorionic multiple pregnancies (the most common form of identical twin pregnancy) in which there is disproportionate blood supply between the fetuses.

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Vertigo

Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not.

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Volume fraction

In chemistry and fluid mechanics, the volume fraction \varphi_i is defined as the volume of a constituent Vi divided by the volume of all constituents of the mixture V prior to mixing: Being dimensionless, its unit is 1; it is expressed as a number, e.g., 0.18.

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Von Hippel–Lindau disease

Von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL), also known as Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder with multisystem involvement.

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Von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor

The Von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor also known as pVHL is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the VHL gene.

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White blood cell

White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

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Zygosity

Zygosity (the noun, zygote, is from the Greek "yoked," from "yoke") is the degree to which both copies of a chromosome or gene have the same genetic sequence.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycythemia

Also known as Chuvash polycythemia, Erythraemia, Erythrocythemia, Erythrocytosis, Familial erythrocytosis, Gaisböck syndrome, Osler-Vaquez disease, Polycytemia, Polycythaemia, Polycythaemia neonatorum, Polycythemic, Polyglobulia, Secondary polycythaemia, Secondary polycythemia.

, Leukemia, Liver tumor, Methemoglobinemia, Myeloproliferative neoplasm, Nail clubbing, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Obesity, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, Pheochromocytoma, Phlebotomy, Platelet, Polycythemia vera, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulse oximetry, Red blood cell, Renal cell carcinoma, Skiing, Sleep apnea, Sleep study, Splenomegaly, Thrombosis, Transgender, Transient ischemic attack, Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, Vertigo, Volume fraction, Von Hippel–Lindau disease, Von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor, White blood cell, Zygosity.

Polycythemia, the Glossary

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See also

Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn

Hematopathology

Red blood cell disorders

References