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pleocytosis

pleocytosis noun: a condition where an unusually high quantity of white blood cells (normally lymphocytes) are present in the cerebrospinal fluid.

Noun

pleocytosis (uncountable)

  1. A condition where an unusually high quantity of white blood cells (normally lymphocytes) are present in the cerebrospinal fluid.

Questions about pleocytosis

What does pleocytosis mean?
Pleocytosis means a condition where an unusually high quantity of white blood cells (normally lymphocytes) are present in the cerebrospinal fluid.
What part of speech is pleocytosis?
Pleocytosis is a noun.

Words near pleocytosis in the dictionary

  1. pleochroisms
  2. pleochroistic
  3. pleochromatic
  4. pleochromatism
  5. pleochromism
  6. pleocytosis
  7. pleomassariaceous
  8. pleomere
  9. pleomeres
  10. pleometrosis
  11. pleometrotic

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