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HISTIOCYTOSIS

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