- spurious polycythemia
- 1. relative p. 2. stress p.
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spurious polycythemia
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spurious — False; not genuine. [L. spurius] * * * spu·ri·ous spyu̇r ē əs adj simulating a symptom or condition without being pathologically or morphologically genuine <spurious labor pains> <spurious polycythemia> * * * spu·ri·ous (spuґre… … Medical dictionary
stress polycythemia — a chronic type of relative polycythemia, seen most often in middle aged, mildly obese males who are active, anxiety prone, and hypertensive, occurring without the characteristic symptoms associated with polycythemia vera, i.e., without… … Medical dictionary
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