See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Histiocytosis(medicine)
histiocytosis Y(medicine)
histiocytosis x(medicine)
Histiocytosis-X(health)
histiocytosis, malignant(medicine)
histiocytosis, sinus(medicine)
lipid histiocytosis(medicine)
malignant histiocytosis(medicine)
sinus histiocytosis(medicine)

Histiocytosis (medicine)


histiocytosis


A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities.