leukosis

(lü′kō·səs)

(medicine) An excess of white blood cells.

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(lū-kō'sĭs)
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The abnormal proliferation of one or more of the leukopoietic tissues.

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Proliferation of leukocyte-forming tissue; the basis of leukemia.

avian l. — a complex of related diseases caused by retroviruses (oncornaviruses). lymphoid leukosis, erythroblastosis, myelocytomatosis and myeloblastosis are the principal component diseases. There are in addition a series of tumors of connective tissue, epithelium, endothelium and other miscellaneous related tumors.
cutaneous bovine l. — see bovine viral leukosis.
enzootic bovine l. — see bovine viral leukosis.
l.-sarcoma neoplastic diseases — includes lymphoid leukosis, erythroblastosis, myeloblastosis, myelocytomatosis, connective tissue tumors, nephroma, nephroblastoma, miscellaneous epithelial and endothelial tumors, osteopetrosis of birds caused by avian type C oncoviruses.

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