leukocytliemia morbid conditions (lu"ko-si-the'me-ah)

The where the leukopoietic part of the blood-forming ti ues are affected, lymphatic 1. L. in which the blood changes are due mainly to hyperplasia of the lymphatic ti ue and characterized by an increase of the lymphocytes in the blood, medullary 1., myelogenetic 1. That form of 1. in which the o eous marrow ti ue is chiefly affected, hypertrophying and throwing off quantities of newly formed amyloid cells. splenic 1. L. in which the blood changes are chiefly referable to disorder of the spleen, symptomatic 1., temporary 1. See leukocytosis. [Gr., leukos, white, + kytos, cell, + aim a, blood.] leukocyt The developmeogenesis nt of(lu"ko-si-to leukocytes. [Gr.,. -jen'es-is) leukos, white, -fkytos, a cell, + genesis, producing.]