granulocytosis Med.
(ˌgrænjʊləʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs)
[f. as prec. + -osis.]
The presence of an abnormally large number of granulocytes in the blood.
| 1937 Kracke & Garver Dis. Blood i. ii. 23 Granulocytosis, the accumulation of an unusual number of granulocytes in the blood stream. 1940 R. L. Haden Princ. Hematol. (ed. 2) ix. 161 Granulocytosis (increase in polymorphonuclear cells) may be classified as follows. 1947 Radiology XLIX. 301/2 This leukocytosis has been found..to be predominantly a granulocytosis in the rabbit and the chicken. 1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 377/2 In all patients there was a granulocytosis. |