mastocytosis

[ mas-toh-sahy-toh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. an overproduction of mast cells in body tissues.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mastocytosis¹

mast (cell) + -o- + -cyte + -osis

Example Sentences

It wasn’t mastocytosis, my doctor declared at an emergency appointment.

From Scientific American

When I was 22, I was diagnosed with mastocytosis.

From Scientific American

Fewer than one in 30,000 adults have mastocytosis to begin with, and typically the skin rashes are associated with a childhood onset.

From Scientific American

Five decades later, in 1949, scientists described a rare genetic disorder called mastocytosis, in which mast cells produce clones, building up in the skin, bones, and other organs.

From Salon

Mariana Castells, director of the Mastocytosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, told me in an email that she's seen no data showing that long Covid patients have the requisite diagnostic markers of MCAS.

From Salon