leucocytosis

English

Alternative forms

leukocytosis

Etymology

From leucocyte +‎ -osis.

Noun

leucocytosis (plural leucocytoses)

(pathology) A raised WBC (white blood cell) count, above the normal range.

Hyponyms

(severe subset: an especially high WBC count) hyperleukocytosis
(types, by WBC type, in order of prevalence) neutrophilia, eosinophilia, monocytosis, lymphocytosis, basophilia

Coordinate terms

erythrocytosis (RBCs), thrombocytosis (platelets)
pseudoleukocytosis (apparent but not)

Related terms

leukocyte

Translations

raised white blood cell count

Czech: leukocytóza f
Dutch: leukocytose (nl) f
Spanish: leucocitosis f
Swedish: leukocytos (sv) c

Further reading

“leucocytosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.