hyperleukocytosis

hyperleukocytosis
An unusually great increase in the number and proportion of leukocytes in the circulating blood or the tissues; i.e., much more than that ordinarily observed in most instances of leukocytosis.

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hy·per·leu·ko·cy·to·sis (hi″pər-loo″ko-si-toґsis) [hyper- + leukocyte + -osis] extreme leukocytosis, as seen in certain forms of leukemia.

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