Words / L / Medicine

leukostasis

noun/ˌluːkəʊˈsteɪsɪs/

C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Obstruction of small vessels by aggregates of white blood cells.

The very high blast count caused leukostasis with respiratory and neurological compromise.

Topic: Oncology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like leukostasis on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More medicine words: Oncology