erythroblastosis
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S: DORLAND; OD – http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/es/definicion/ingles/erythroblastosis (last access: 1 April 2015); http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/erythroblastosis (last access: 1 April 2015).

N: 1. First use: about 1923. Origin: New Latin.
New Latin erythroblastōsis fētālis : erythroblastōsis, erythroblastosis + fētālis, fetal.
From erythro- (before vowels, erythr-, word-forming element meaning “red,” from Greek erythro-, comb. form of erythros “red” -in Homer, also the color of copper and gold-), blasto- (before vowels blast-, word-forming element used in scientific compounds to mean “germ, bud,” from Greek blasto-, comb. form of blastos “sprout, germ,” which is of unknown origin) and -osis (word-forming element expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting “a state of disease,” from Latin -osis and directly from Greek -osis, formed from the aorist of verbs ending in -o. It corresponds to Latin –atio).
2. A condition characterized by the presence of numerous erythroblasts in the circulating blood.

S: 1. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erythroblastosis (last access: 1 April 2015); http://www.yourdictionary.com/erythroblastosis-fetalis (last access: 1 April 2015); OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=erythro&searchmode=none; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=blast&searchmode=none; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=osis&searchmode=none (last access: 1 April 2015). 2. TERMIUMPLUS.

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CR: erythroblastosis fetalis, red blood cell.