Definition of Leukosis

1. Noun. (pathology) An abnormally large number of leukocytes, or the tissue that produces them ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leukosis

1. leukemia [n -KOSES] : LEUKOTIC [adj] - See also: leukemia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leukosis

leukopoietic
leukoprotease
leukoreduced
leukoreduction
leukoriboflavin
leukorrhagia
leukorrheal
leukorrheas
leukorrhoeal
leukosarcoma
leukosarcomatosis
leukoses
leukosialin
leukosis (current term)
leukostasis
leukosulphakinin
leukotactic
leukotaxia
leukotaxine
leukotaxis
leukotic
leukotome
leukotomies
leukotomy
leukotoxin
leukotoxins
leukotrichia
leukotrichia annularis

Literary usage of Leukosis

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"10 June 1970; revised 24 July 1970 • Susceptibility to an Avian leukosis-Sarcoma Virus: Close Association with an Erythrocyte ..."

2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(If—142) (If—142) Histogenesis of Transferable Chicken leukosis. III. Lymphatic leukosis. V. Ellermann, Folia Haematol., 27:171, Leipsic ,Fcb.. 1922. ..."

3. Navigational and Surveying Instruments: Industry and Trade Summaryby Sundar A. Shetty by Sundar A. Shetty (1994)
"Enzootic bovine leukosis 90/423-Dir. Control of foot-and-mouth disease ... Bovine brucellosis and leukosis 91/69-Dir. Health conditions of intra-EC trade of ..."

4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Two important diseases of this group, Marek's disease and lymphoid leukosis, have been studied extensively by laboratory scientists and are now known to be ..."

5. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... that expresses the envelope of subgroup A avian leukosis virus reduces the rate of congenital transmission of a Held strain of avian leukosis virus. ..."

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