LYMPHOCYTOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphocytosis mean? 

• LYMPHOCYTOSIS (noun)
  The noun LYMPHOCYTOSIS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood

  Familiarity information: LYMPHOCYTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHOCYTOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lymphocytosis" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

 Context examples 

Some activate pancreatic islets, others inhibit the adenylate cyclase cascade and some cause lymphocytosis.

(Pertussis Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)

People with monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis may develop other B-cell diseases, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

(monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, NCI Dictionary)