myelodysplasia

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noun

Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.

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Meanings

nounmyelodysplasia (plural myelodysplasias)

plural myelodysplasias

  1. medicineAny of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.

    JSLH has also approved the grading system for diagnostic accuracy of MDS and adopted this standardized diagnostic system to the educational item for certification of the laboratory hematology specialists, aiming at a nationwidely expanding morphological evaluation of myelodysplasia.

    2018 May 9, K. Tohyama, “Present status and perspective of laboratory hematology in Japan: On the standardization of blood cell morphology including myelodysplasia: On behalf of the Japanese Society for Laboratory Hematology”, in International Journal of Lab Hematology, volume 40, number S1, →DOI, pages 120-125

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
myelodysplastic syndrome

Origin

From myelo- + dysplasia.

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Translations

Italian mielodisplasia
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