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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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By this hypothesis we can easily understand eosinophil leucocytosis, the presence of eosinophil cells in exudations and secretions, and the local accumulation of this kind of cell.

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

At the same time she had for two weeks a temperature which often reached 100� or a little above, a weak, irregular but not rapid pulse, a leucocytosis of 17,500 and 80% hemoglobin.

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

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.

The occurrence of physiological and inflammatory leucocytosis is exclusively to be explained by chemiotaxis.

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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