EOSINOPHILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eosinophilia mean? 

• EOSINOPHILIA (noun)
  The noun EOSINOPHILIA has 1 sense:

1. a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood

  Familiarity information: EOSINOPHILIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EOSINOPHILIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("eosinophilia" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

 Context examples 

This rearrangement is associated with eosinophilia associated with atypical myeloproliferative neoplasm.

(MYO18A/PDGFRB Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Eosinophilia is a characteristic finding but it is not always present.

(Myeloid and Lymphoid Neoplasms with Eosinophilia and Abnormalities of PDGFRA, PDGFRB, or FGFR1, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal translocation t(5;14)(q33;q24) of this gene and the PDGFRB is associated with chronic myeloproliferative disorder with eosinophilia.

(NIN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in chronic lung infection and eosinophilia.

(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

A translocation between chromosomes 5 and 12, that fuses this gene to that of the translocation, ETV6, leukemia gene, results in chronic myeloproliferative disorder with eosinophilia.

(PDGFRB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal translocation t(1;5)(q23;q33) of this gene and the PDGFRB gene is associated with myeloproliferative disorder associated with eosinophilia.

(PDE4DIP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with the development of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with eosinophilia, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia, and refractory anemia with multilineage dysplasia and ringed sideroblasts.

(Loss of Chromosome 7q, NCI Thesaurus)

A transient inflammatory pulmonary disorder characterized by eosinophilia.

(Loffler Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a pulmonary and systemic vasculitis associated with eosinophilia.

(Churg-Strauss Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.

(Churg-Strauss Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)