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mastocytosis

[mas-toh-sahy-toh-sis]

noun Pathology.

an overproduction of mast cells in body tissues.

Origin of mastocytosis

mast (cell) + -o- + -cyte + -osis

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mastocytosis in Medicine

mastocytosis

[măs′tō-sī-tō′sĭs]

n. pl. mas•to•cy•to•ses (-sēz)

A condition characterized by the abnormal proliferation of mast cells in the tissues.

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