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lymphocytosis

[ lim-fuh-sahy-toh-sis ]
/ ˌlɪm fə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /
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noun Pathology.
an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
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Origin of lymphocytosis

First recorded in 1895–1900; lymphocyte + -osis

OTHER WORDS FROM lymphocytosis

lym·pho·cy·tot·ic [lim-foh-sahy-tot-ik], /ˌlɪm foʊ saɪˈtɒt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use lymphocytosis in a sentence

  • There is decided decrease of hemoglobin and red corpuscles, with moderate leukopenia and relative lymphocytosis.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
  • Only one single substance has so far been mentioned in the literature as capable in itself of producing a lymphocytosis.

  • Doubtless in these cases also the lymphocytosis is due to the stimulation and swelling of the tracheobronchial glands.

British Dictionary definitions for lymphocytosis

lymphocytosis
/ (ˌlɪmfəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs) /

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

Derived forms of lymphocytosis

lymphocytotic (ˌlɪmfəʊsaɪˈtɒtɪk), adjective
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