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eosinophilia

eosinophilia noun: the condition of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood.

Noun

eosinophilia (countable and uncountable, plural eosinophilias)

  1. The condition of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood.
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eosinophilia meaning in Tamil

eosinophilia in Tamil

குருதிச்செவ்வணு நலிவு

Forms of eosinophilia

pluraleosinophilias

Origin of eosinophilia

Coined 1879 by American biologist Paul Ehrlich from eosin (“rosy, dawn-colored”) + -o- + -philia. By surface analysis, eosinophil + -ia.

Questions about eosinophilia

What does eosinophilia mean?
Eosinophilia means the condition of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood.
What is eosinophilia in Tamil?
Eosinophilia in Tamil is குருதிச்செவ்வணு நலிவு. See Eosinophilia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eosinophilia?
Eosinophilia is a noun.
What is the plural of eosinophilia?
The plural of eosinophilia is eosinophilias.

Words near eosinophilia in the dictionary

  1. eosinophil
  2. eosinophil granulocyte
  3. eosinophil granulocytes
  4. eosinophile
  5. eosinophiles
  6. eosinophilia
  7. eosinophilias
  8. eosinophilic
  9. eosinophilic esophagitis
  10. eosinophilic granulocyte
  11. eosinophilic granulocytes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eosinophilia (page history and authors); eosinophilia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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