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

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.

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.

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.

It has however been conclusively demonstrated that occasionally in polynuclear leucocytosis, the absolute number of the lymphocytes may decrease.

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

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