leucocytosis

English

Alternative forms

• leukocytosis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *lewkós

Proto-Hellenic *leukós

Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós)der.

English leuco-

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

Latin cytader.

English -cyte

English leucocyte

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

English -osis

English leucocytosis

From leucocyte + -osis.

Noun

leucocytosis (plural leucocytoses)

1. (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.