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Coined 1879 by American biologist Paul Ehrlich from eosin (“rosy, dawn-colored”) + -o- + -philia. By surface analysis, eosinophil + -ia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
eosinophilia
Today it means: The condition of having a high concentration of eosinophils (eosinophil granulocytes) in the blood. Full definition →