Reticulosis

Full definition of reticulosis

Noun

1. (pathology) An abnormal increase in reticuloendothelial and related cells
• June 18, 2015, Hidenori Yokoi et al., An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity, In the case of nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, which frequently occurs in the nasal sinuses, prominent polymorphous proliferation of lymphocytes is present, and that is evident by its former name, polymorphic reticulosis.

Derived terms

• lipomelanic reticulosis
• lymphoreticulosis