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mastocytosis

American  
[mas-toh-sahy-toh-sis] / ˌmæs toʊ saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. an overproduction of mast cells in body tissues.


Etymology

Origin of mastocytosis

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

Example Sentences

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On Dec. 30, the company announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application to the Food and Drug Administration for bezuclastinib in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis, a rare blood disorder.

From Barron's

Fewer than one in 30,000 adults have mastocytosis to begin with, and typically the skin rashes are associated with a childhood onset.

From Scientific American

When I was 22, I was diagnosed with mastocytosis.

From Scientific American

It wasn’t mastocytosis, my doctor declared at an emergency appointment.

From Scientific American

Mariana Castells, director of the Mastocytosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, told me in an email that she's seen no data showing that long Covid patients have the requisite diagnostic markers of MCAS.

From Salon