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Noun: thrombocytosis
  1. Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases
    "The patient's thrombocytosis put them at higher risk for blood clots"

Type of: symptom

Encyclopedia: Thrombocytosis