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pleocytosis /pleo·cy·to·sis/ (ple″o-si-to´sis) presence of a greater than normal number of cells in cerebrospinal fluid.

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The presence of a greater number of cells than normal, as in the cerebrospinal fluid.

pleocytosis

[plē′ōsītō′sis]

presence of a greater than normal number of cells in the cerebrospinal fluid.

pleocytosis [ple″o-si-to´sis]

more than the normal number of lymphocytes in cerebrospinal fluid.

pleocytosis

the presence of a greater than normal number of cells, as of more than the normal number of lymphocytes in cerebrospinal fluid.

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