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myelodysplastic_syndrome
myelodysplastic syndrome
English
myelodysplastic syndrome-blood smear: red blood cells showing marked poikilocytosis, in part related to post-splenectomy status and central a hypogranular neutrophil with a pseudo-Pelger-Huet nucleus.
Alternative forms
- MDS
Noun
myelodysplastic syndrome (plural myelodysplastic syndromes)
- (medicine) a hematological condition that causes ineffective production (or dysplasia) of all blood cells but the lymphocytic lineage