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noun
An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hematology, medicine, sciences
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noun
a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blood disease, blood disorder
Narrower terms: Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Schuller-Christian disease
History
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: histiocyte + -osis = histio- + -cyte + -osis.
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