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

We define lymphocytosis as an increase of the lymphocytes of the blood; Fränkel like Uskoff regards it as the emigration of the young forms of the white blood corpuscles into the blood.

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

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 Myers, W.

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 Myers, W.

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 Myers, W.

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 Myers, W.