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n. - An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection

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  • An abnormally high count known as leukocytosis might indicate such conditions as leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue damage or infection.
  • He never wrote or defended a doctoral thesis there, on leukocytosis or anything else.
  • In this patient, only leukocytosis was evident on presentation to the outside hospital.
  • Fever and leukocytosis may also be present, but are not thought to correlate with an infectious process. 2,3
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