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histiocytosis

histiocytosis noun: an excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.

Noun

histiocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural histiocytoses)

  1. An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.

histiocytosis meaning in Tamil

histiocytosis in Tamil

திசுச்செல் நோய்

Forms of histiocytosis

pluralhistiocytoses

Origin of histiocytosis

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: histiocyte + -osis = histio- + -cyte + -osis.

Words formed from histiocytosis

Questions about histiocytosis

What does histiocytosis mean?
Histiocytosis means an excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.
What is histiocytosis in Tamil?
Histiocytosis in Tamil is திசுச்செல் நோய். See Histiocytosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is histiocytosis?
Histiocytosis is a noun.
What is the plural of histiocytosis?
The plural of histiocytosis is histiocytoses.

Words near histiocytosis in the dictionary

  1. histiocytoid
  2. histiocytoma
  3. histiocytomas
  4. histiocytomata
  5. histiocytoses
  6. histiocytosis
  7. histioid
  8. histiological
  9. histiology
  10. histioneutrophilic
  11. histiophagous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: histiocytosis (page history and authors); histiocytosis (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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