leukoerythroblastosis

leukoerythroblastosis

 [loo″ko-ĕ-rith″ro-blas-to´sis]

anemia due to destruction or crowding out of hematopoietic tissues in the bone marrow by a space-occupying lesion; reduction in normal marrow cells induces release of immature hematopoietic cells, especially nucleated erythrocytes, into the bloodstream. Called also myelopathic or myelophthisic anemia.

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leu·ko·e·ryth·ro·blas·to·sis

(lū'kō-ĕ-rith'rō-blas-tō'sis),

Any anemic condition resulting from space-occupying lesions in the bone marrow; the circulating blood contains immature cells of the granulocytic series and nucleated red blood cells, frequently in numbers that are disproportionately large in relation to the degree of anemia.

Synonym(s): leukoerythroblastic anemia, myelophthisic anemia, myelopathic anemia

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leu·ko·e·ryth·ro·blas·to·sis

(lū'kō-ĕ-rith'rō-blas-tō'sis)

Any anemic condition resulting from space-occupying lesions in the bone marrow; the blood contains immature cells of the granulocytic series and nucleated red blood cells.
Synonym(s): myelophthisic anemia, myelopathic anemia, leucoerythroblastosis.

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