lymphocytosis

American  

[lim-fuh-sahy-toh-sis] / ˌlɪm fə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.

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lymphocytosis British  

/ ˌlɪmfəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs, ˌlɪmfəʊsaɪˈtɒtɪk /

noun

1. an abnormally large number of lymphocytes in the blood: often found in diseases such as glandular fever and smallpox

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Other Word Forms

• lymphocytotic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of lymphocytosis

First recorded in 1895–1900; lymphocyte + -osis

Example Sentences

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lymphocytosis

Increase of the lymphocytes alone occurs, but in comparison with that of the other forms, much more seldom, and will be conveniently called by the special names of "lymphocytosis" or "lymphæmia."

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

The lymphocytosis following extirpation of the spleen also belongs to this category, since a vicarious enlargement of the lymph glands is always to be observed in these cases.

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

The pilocarpine lymphocytosis does not contradict this view, for pilocarpine causes extraordinary though transient variations in the distribution of water, whereby the inflow into the blood of fluid containing lymph cells is increased.

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

We therefore regard lymphocytosis as the result of a mechanical process; whilst leucocytosis is the expression of an active chemiotactic reaction of the polynuclear elements.

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

Only one single substance has so far been mentioned in the literature as capable in itself of producing a lymphocytosis.

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