lymphocytosis
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- noun
- /ˌlɪmfoʊsaɪˈtoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
- Doctors noted an abnormal increase in lymphocytes, confirming the diagnosis of lymphocytosis in the patient's blood.
Examples
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The blood test revealed that she was experiencing lymphocytosis, indicating a potential infection.
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At age 5 months, she developed tachypnoea with widespread pulmonary infiltrates, mild anaemia, and marked lymphocytosis (89,000/mL) (table 1), together with persistent hepatomegaly.
Academic text (2000) -
Yeah, the patient was diagnosed with atypical lymphocytosis, slipped into a coma twice last year.
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Mild lymphocytosis (5000-10,000/mL) has persisted.
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She initially was managed expectantly; however, she developed worsening lymphocytosis and lymphadenopathy.
Blog text (17) -
It was associated with failure to thrive, mild anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and massive lymphocytosis (up to 100,000/mL).
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After reviewing the lab results, the physician explained that lymphocytosis often suggests an underlying disease.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A health problem in which the blood has too few lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell
How Many Lymphocytes
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Surface Forms
Morphology
lymphocytosis = lymphocyte (transparent) = lymph + cyte + osis
Standard medical formation: 'lymphocyte' + the suffix '-osis' denotes a condition or abnormal increase relating to lymphocytes.
Etymology
Lymphocytosis comes from three parts: lymph meaning 'a clear body fluid', cyte meaning 'cell' (the same idea as the common word 'cell'), and -osis meaning 'a condition' or often 'an increase' in medical words. So, lymphocytosis literally means a 'condition of lymph cells', which explains why it describes an increase in lymphocytes in the blood.