English Explanatory Dictionary

eosinophilia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood.

Word forms

eosinophilia eosinophilias

Etymology

Coined 1879 by American biologist Paul Ehrlich from eosin (“rosy, dawn-colored”) + -o- + -philia. By surface analysis, eosinophil + -ia.

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