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leukosequestration

leukosequestration noun: sequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes.

Noun

leukosequestration (uncountable)

  1. sequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes
    • Neutropenia in septic animals and humans, may be secondary to enhanced leukosequestration at the site of infection (site of LPS injection in our model) or within the lungs, as an antecedent to sepsis-associated acute lung injury, and is associated with worse outcome.2015 July 24, Ofer Yanay et al., “Effects of exendin-4, a glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist, on neutrophil count and inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of endotoxemia”, in Journal of...

Origin of leukosequestration

From leuko- + sequestration.

Questions about leukosequestration

What does leukosequestration mean?
Leukosequestration means sequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes.
What part of speech is leukosequestration?
Leukosequestration is a noun.

Words near leukosequestration in the dictionary

  1. leukorrheal
  2. leukorrheas
  3. leukorrhoea
  4. leukorrhoeal
  5. leukorrhœa
  6. leukosequestration
  7. leukoses
  8. leukosialin
  9. leukosialins
  10. leukosis
  11. leukospermia

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