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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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The problem of leucocytosis is one of the most keenly debated questions of modern medicine.

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

A few diseases shew, besides the neutrophil leucocytosis, an increase of the eosinophils as well, as we shall describe in detail in the next section.

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

Upon the clinical importance of leucocytosis, particularly for the infectious diseases and their various stages, an enormous mass of observations has accumulated.

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

Stiénon, who has likewise devoted special researches to the occurrence of leucocytosis in infectious diseases, shews this point very well in his curves.

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

After this came the phase of increase of the white blood corpuscles; and here too exclusively of the polynuclear cells; the polynuclear leucocytosis.

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

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