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leucocytosis

American  
[loo-koh-sahy-toh-sis] / ˌlu koʊ saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun

Physiology, Pathology.
  1. leukocytosis.


leucocytosis British  
/ ˌluːkəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs, ˌluːkəʊsaɪˈtɒtɪk /

noun

  1. a gross increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood, usually as a response to an infection

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This standpoint had to be abandoned, when Ehrlich shewed that it is chiefly the emigration of the polynuclear neutrophil cells, which brings about leucocytosis.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

Thus the intrusion of a leucocytosis, brought about by secondary infection, is able to obliterate more or less the specific character of the blood.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

According to the results of Rieder the proportion of the lymphocytes to polynuclears is practically normal in the leucocytosis of digestion, indeed the lymphocytes are rather in excess.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

Though they have been occasionally found, according to Türk's investigations, in the critical period of pneumonia as parts of a general leucocytosis, the danger of confusion with leukæmic blood changes is non-existent.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

The passive form of leucocytosis corresponds to the different kinds of lymphæmia, including that of leukæmia.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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