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leukocytosis
(redirected from neutrophilic leukocytosis)

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leu·ko·cy·to·sis also leu·co·cy·to·sis  (lk-s-tss)
n. pl. leu·ko·cy·to·ses also leu·co·cy·to·ses (-sz)
An abnormally large increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood, often occurring during an acute infection or inflammation.

leuko·cy·totic (-ttk) adj.
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Noun1.leukocytosis - an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia)
blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood


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Clinical laboratory evaluation showed the following: neutrophilic leukocytosis, hemoglobin 10.
Sweet (1) initially described four main features of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis: (1) fever, (2) peripheral neutrophilic leukocytosis, (3) abrupt onset of raised, often painful plaques on the limbs, face, and neck, and (4) dense dermal neutrophilic infiltrates without vasculitis.
[5,9] These findings occur in concert with a characteristic hematologic tetrad that includes left-shifted neutrophilic leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, an increased hematocrit reflective of hemoconcentration, and circulating immunoblastic cells.
 
 
 
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