histiocytosis

English Thesaurus

1. a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages (noun.state)

hypernym	:	blood disease, blood disorder,
definition	:	a disease or disorder of the blood (noun.state)

hyponym	:	hand-schuller-christian disease, schuller-christian disease,
definition	:	inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus (noun.state)