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Definition of Monocytosis
1. Noun. Increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia.
Definition of Monocytosis
1. Noun. An increase in the number of circulating monocytes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Monocytosis
1. An abnormal increase in the number of monocytes in the circulating blood. Synonym: monocytic leukocytosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monocytosis
Literary usage of Monocytosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Examination of the Blood and Its Technique: A Manual for Students by Artur Pappenheim (1914)
"In malaria and in certain other protozoa! infections like variola, monocytosis
alone appears even more frequently. Lastly, in children, monocytes are ..."
2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... and while they may be increased in number (monocytosis) they retain their
typical or normal morphology. During the macrophage showers the monocytes and ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"... and according to the gross mechanical effects of the neoplasm on the
body (starvation, hemorrhage). monocytosis is frequently seen in the proto- ..."
4. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1917)
"One point that does not receive sufficient importance in the diagnosis of Graves's
disease is the accompanying monocytosis. Kocher, I believe, first called ..."
5. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"The essential features of lymphatic leukemia are txo in number: (a) Enlargement
of the lymphatic glands, (b) An absolute monocytosis in which either the ..."
6. Generalized Pain by Norbert Ortner, Francis Joseph Rebman (1922)
"... leucopenia with neutrophilia or lymphopenia, in variola leucocytosis and
monocytosis). In influenza arthralgias are very common. ..."