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Definition of Histiocytosis

1. Noun. A blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages.

Definition of Histiocytosis

1. Noun. (medicine) An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases. ¹

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Medical Definition of Histiocytosis

1. A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities. (16 Dec 1997)

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Literary usage of Histiocytosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Message of Love, Hope, and Optimism for for People Who Are Sick Or Worried by Steven S Coughlin (2005)
"She then told me that the pathology report from the enlarged lymph node removed from my right arm pit said that it showed evidence of “sinus histiocytosis. ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"This is a case report of a 39 year old patient in whom histiocytosis X was discovered following a cough which had appeared several months before. ..."

3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Soc. 26:303-308. Sander, CH, and RF Langham. l968. Canine histiocytic ulcerative colitis. A condition resembling Whipple's disease, colonic histiocytosis, ..."

4. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Histopath- ological examination of the mouse lungs demonstrated marked perivascular and peribronchiolar histiocytosis, localized acute inflammatory cells, ..."

5. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"... disorders Excludes: histiocytosis X (chronic) (D76.0) Use additional external cause code (chapter 20), if desired, to identify drug, if drug-induced. ..."

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