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Meaning of polyaemia in English:

polyaemia

Pronunciation /?p?l??i?m??/

noun

(also polyemia)
rare Medicine

  • An abnormally large volume of blood in the body.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From scientific Latin polyaemia from ancient Greek πολυαιμ?α fullness of blood from πολυ- + -αιμ?α.