ERYTHROBLASTOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythroblastosis mean? 

• ERYTHROBLASTOSIS (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROBLASTOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROBLASTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROBLASTOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("erythroblastosis" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

 Context examples 

Retrovirus-associated DNA sequences (erbB) originally isolated from, or related to, the avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV).

(Oncogene ERB B, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

ERBB DNA sequences are related to certain avian erythroblastosis virus sequences.

(Oncogene ERB B, NCI Thesaurus)

Retrovirus-associated DNA sequences (ERYTHROBLASTOSIS VIRUS, AVIAN, hence erbA) originally isolated from the avian erythroblastosis virus.

(Oncogene ERB A, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Retrovirus-associated DNA sequences originally isolated from, or related to, the avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV).

(ERB Oncogene Family, NCI Thesaurus)