leukosis

or leu·co·sis

[ loo-koh-sis ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.

Other Words From

• leu·kot·ic [loo-, kot, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of leukosis¹

First recorded in 1700–10, leukosis is from the Greek word leúkōsis leucoma. See leuko-, -osis

Example Sentences

I'll have to brush up on pullorum, ornithosis, coccidosis, leukosis, perosis, and Ochsner knows how many other-osises and—itises.

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