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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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Toxic leucocytosis occurring in intoxications with the so-called blood poisons.

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

Our knowledge of eosinophil leucocytosis is still of comparatively recent date.

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

The leucocytosis which accompanies acute and chronic anæmic conditions, especially posthæmorrhagic.

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

At the height of ordinary leucocytosis, the number of eosinophil cells is diminished often to disappearance; whilst during its decline they occur in abnormally high numbers.

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.

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