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Per the Mayo Clinic, thrombocytosis is having too many red platelets. What I read says thrombocytopenia is too few. Conditions ending in penia I think refer to a lower amount of something, for example ostopenia in too little bone density. Maybe I am wrong and I am not familiar with Essential Thrombocytopenia, but it is contradictory to me. You write thrombocythemia. Oops just reread and I see spell diff and I do agree with you. It looks like others have misspelled the condition too. Thanks for clarifying.

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Oh, it gets better!

Thrombocytosis means having too many platelets; that can have a variety of causes.

Thrombocythemia is more specific, referring only to those of us whose bone marrows produce too many platelets.

No wonder we get headaches as we try to learn more about our diagnosis!!!