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1. A condition in which there is more than the usual number of cells, as the cytosis of spinal fluid in acute leptomeningitis.
2. Frequently used with a prefixed combining form as a means of describing certain features pertaining to cells; e.g., isocytosis, equality in size; polycytosis, abnormal increase in number.
Origin: cyto-+ G. -osis, condition
(05 Mar 2000)
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