leukostasis etymology

English word leukostasis comes from English leuko- ((biology) leucocyte. Colourless. White.), English stasis

Detailed word origin of leukostasis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
leuko- English (eng) (biology) leucocyte. Colourless. White.
stasis English (eng) (pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.. (scifi) A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.. One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.
leukostasis English (eng) (pathology) The abnormal clumping together of leukocytes.

Words with the same origin as leukostasis

Descendants of leuko-
leukoagglutinin leukocortical leukocratic leukocyte leukocytic leukodepletion leukodystrophic leukodystrophy leukoedema leukoerythroblastic leukokeratosis leukomalacia leukomonocyte leukophobia leukopoiesis leukoprotease leukoreduced leukoreduction leukosequestration leukosialin leukosis leukotomy leukotoxic leukotriene