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noun
An increase in the number of circulating monocytes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: symptom
History
Etymology tree German Monozytbor. English monocyte Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English monocytosis From monocyte + -osis.
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