secondary polycythemia
MONDO:0020115Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names secondary polycythemia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Secondary polycythemia is an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by enhanced stimulation of red blood cell production by an otherwise normal erythroid lineage that may be congenital or acquired (congenital secondary polycythemia and acquired secondary polycythemia).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020115), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: secondary polycythemia
- Also called
- secondary erythrocytosis