eosinophilia

/ee-uh-sin-uh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh/US // ˌi əˌsɪn əˈfɪl i ə, -ˈfil yə //UK // (ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə) //

嗜酸细胞增多症,嗜酸菌病,嗜酸性物质,嗜酸粒细胞增多症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Medicine/Medical.
- : the presence of an abnormally increased number of eosinophils in the blood.

An increase is called eosinophilia, and is better determined by the actual number than by the percentage.
In this country an unexplained marked eosinophilia warrants examination of a portion of muscle for Trichina spiralis (p. 255).
True bronchial asthma commonly gives a marked eosinophilia during and following the paroxysms.
Scarlet fever is frequently accompanied by eosinophilia, which may help to distinguish it from measles.
For the special clinical course of the eosinophilia in asthma see below.