leucocytosis

American  

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

noun

Physiology, Pathology.

1. leukocytosis.

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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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Other Word Forms

• leucocytotic adjective

Example Sentences

For the details we have quoted, and for the course and variations of leucocytosis in infectious diseases we refer to the thorough monograph of Türk.

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

To the Müller-Rieder hypothesis, and the chemiotactic theory of eosinophil leucocytosis a third has lately been added, which may be shortly called the hypothesis of the local origin of the eosinophil cells.

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

It is only on this assumption that the frequently sudden appearance of leucocytosis, as has so often been observed in morbid and experimental conditions, can be satisfactorily explained.

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

We distinguish: A. physiological leucocytosis, which appears in health as an expression of changes in the physiological state.

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

These three cases, then, had marked febrile reactions and leucocytosis.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)