histiocytosis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: histiocyte + -osis = histio- + -cyte + -osis.
Noun
[edit]histiocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural histiocytoses)
- (medicine) An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.