leucocytosis
/ˌluːkə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪs
/(also leukocytosis)
noun [mass noun] Medicine
An increase in the number of white cells in the blood, especially during an infection.With Lazarus, he published a book that dealt with normal blood and the appearance of blood cells in various pathologic states, including leukocytosis, leukopenia, leukemia, and anemia....
- A complete blood count may reveal leukocytosis or thrombocytopenia.
- As an example, negativity of cultures does not preclude the possibility that this older woman with bilateral infiltrates, blood leukocytosis, and neutrophil lung infiltration had a lung infection.
