pyroglobulinemia

pyroglobulinemia

 [pi″ro-glob″u-lĭ-ne´me-ah] the presence of pyroglobulin in the blood, occurring most frequently in multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, and other lymphoproliferative disorders, but also occasionally without known associated disease.

pyroglobulinemia

(pī″rō-glŏb″ū-lĭ-nē′mē-ă) [″ + globulus, globule, + haima, blood] An obsolete term for paraproteinemia.