myelophthisis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

myelo- +‎ phthisis

Noun[edit]

myelophthisis (uncountable)

  1. myelophthisic anemia, a severe anemia found in some people with diseases that affect the bone marrow by fibrosis, tumors or granulomas and hence displace the hemopoietic bone-marrow tissue into the peripheral blood