leucosisn.
/l(j)uːˈkəʊsɪs/ a. Pallor, whiteness ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888).
b. The process of becoming an albino; the condition of an albino.
c. The formation of leucoma ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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leucosis1706
leucaethiopia1819
albinism1827
albinoism1831
leucopathy1841
depigmentation1889
kakkerlakism-
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Leucosis, a whitening of the Face, Teeth, or other Parts of the Body.
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 79 Symptoms of leucosis in their eyes, hair, and skin.
d. Also leukosis. [ < German leukosis (Ellermann & Bang 1908, in Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. Parasitenkunde u. Infectionskrankh. (Erste Abteil., Originale) XLVI. 609).] = leukaemia n.; esp. any of various leukæmic diseases of animals. Also bovine leucosis, a leukæmic disease of cattle; (avian or fowl) leucosis complex, a group of poorly-differentiated leukæmic diseases of poultry which are typically transmissible.
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leucosis1922
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > disorders of poultry
roup1551
squeck1577
gargil1614
roup1614
the gapes1799
garget1817
snifters1844
white comb1853
bumble foot1854
wry-tail1880
blackhead1894
bacillary white diarrhoea1909
limber-neck1910
(avian or fowl) leucosis complex1922
pullorum1929
perosis1931
fowl paralysis1932
scissor beak1934
blue comb1939
hexamitiasis1941
pullet disease1941
Marek's disease1947
new wheat disease1950
X disease1950
sour crop1951
fowl cholera-
1922 V. Ellermann Leucosis of Fowls i. 9 Finally, it must be mentioned that Ellermann & Bang have proposed the word ‘leucosis’ as a common designation for leucemic and aleucemic cases, myeloses as well as lymphadenoses.
1927 A. Piney Recent Adv. in Hæmatol. iii. 35 The name ‘leucosis’ is suitable for all forms, either lymphatic or myeloid, and is much to be preferred to leukæmia.
1935 L. E. H. Whitby & C. J. C. Britton Disorders of Blood xviii. 357 (heading) The leukæmias (leucoses).
1936 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 89 681 (heading) A study of transmissible fowl leukosis.
1941 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 99 214/1 (heading) Studies on production of specific antibodies against the agent of the fowl-leucosis complex.
1943 E. H. Barger & L. E. Card Dis. & Parasites Poultry (ed. 3) vii. 177 The cause of the avian leukosis complex or fowl paralysis is a filter-passing agent.
1946 Physiol. Rev. 26 48 The term leukemia or leukosis implies neoplasia of a blood cell (hemoblastosis) including both the aleukemic and leukemic types of the disease.
1960 Proc. 7th Congr. European Soc. Haematol. ii. 291 (heading) The haematology of bovine leucosis.
1961 Brit. Vet. Jrnl. 117 326 The separation of fowl paralysis granuloma from the leucoses has been suggested by Campbell.
1970 Times 13 Apr. 11/4 Only non-vaccinated maiden heifers and young bulls will be allowed in, and the stock will have to be cleared..of foot-and-mouth disease, tuberculosis, brucellosis, leucosis, leptospirosis, and Johnes disease.
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