myelosis (redirected from megakaryocytic myelosis)

myelosis /my·elo·sis/ (mi?e-lo´sis)

1. myelocytosis.

2. formation of a tumor of the spinal cord.

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erythremic myelosis  erythroleukemia.

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my·e·lo·sis (m-lss)

n. pl. -ses (-sz)

1. Abnormal proliferation of bone marrow tissue.

2. Abnormal proliferation of medullary tissue in the spinal cord.

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myelosis

1. proliferation of bone marrow tissue, producing the blood changes of myelocytic leukemia.

2. formation of a tumor of the spinal cord.

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erythremic myelosis

a malignant blood dyscrasia, one of the myeloproliferative disorders, with progressive anemia, megaloblastic erythroid hyperplasia, myeloid dysplasia and hepatosplenomegaly. Seen most often in cats with feline leukemia virus infection.

megakaryocytic myelosis

see megakaryocytic leukemia.