monocytosisn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˌsaɪˈtoʊsəs/ Medicine.
Increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; an instance of this.
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hyperinosis1845
uricaemia1866
acetonaemia1874
hyperalbuminosis1876
chloraemia1890
acidaemia1891
hypercholesteraemia1894
hyperglycaemia1894
hyperlipaemia1894
hyperuricaemia1894
lymphocytosis1896
urataemia1897
acidosis1900
basophilia1905
mononucleosis1907
hypercapnia1908
thrombocytosis1909
thyrotoxicosis1911
monocytosis1914
hypercholesterolaemia1916
hyperparathyroidism1917
ketonaemia1917
lymphocytoma1920
hyperchloraemia1921
alkalaemia1922
hyperproteinaemia1922
reticulosis1922
hyperbilirubinaemia1923
hyperinsulinaemia1924
hypercalcaemia1925
hyperphosphataemia1926
reticulocytosis1926
hypernatraemia1932
hyperpotassaemia1932
thrombocythaemia1932
hypermagnesaemia1933
hyperglobulinaemia1936
granulocytosis1937
myeloblastosis1937
hypergammaglobulinaemia1947
hyperkalaemia1949
macroglobulinaemia1949
aldosteronism1954
Waldenström1961
mono1964
tyrosinaemia1965
methylmalonic acidaemia1969
1914 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (U.S. ed. 3) 576/1 Monocytosis,..increase in the number of monocytes in the peripheral blood.
1938 H. Downey Handbk. Hematol. II. xv. 1067 In chronic malaria, the irritation of the reticulo-endothelium often leads to a monocytosis in the peripheral blood.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxi. 5/1 Monocytosis is seen in the course of infectious mononucleosis and in some bacterial infections, notably tuberculosis.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. cxiv. 750 The presence of greater than 1,350 monocytes/μl of blood in dogs and greater than 850 monocytes/μl of blood in cats is defined as monocytosis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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