Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
adjective see: lymphocyte
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
noun
Etymology: New Latin choriomeningitis cerebral meningitis, from chorio- of a membrane resembling the chorion
Date: 1934
an acute disease that is caused by an arenavirus (species Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus of the genus Arenavirus ), that is characterized by fever, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and slow pulse, that is marked by the presence of numerous lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid, and that is transmitted especially by rodents
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
lymphocytic leukemia
noun
Date: 1956
leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (as lymphocytes) which accumulate especially in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and circulating blood