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Pleocytosis

pleocytosis

Presence of more cells than normal, often denoting leukocytosis and especially lymphocytosis or round cell infiltration; orginally applied to the lymphocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid present in syphilis of the central nervous system.

Origin: pleo-_ G. Kytos, cell, _ -osis, condition


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