Definition of Leukemia

1. Noun. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.

Exact synonyms: Cancer Of The Blood, Leucaemia, Leukaemia
Generic synonyms: Cancer, Malignant Neoplastic Disease
Specialized synonyms: Acute Leukemia, Chronic Leukemia, Lymphocytic Leukemia, Histiocytic Leukaemia, Histiocytic Leukemia, Monoblastic Leukaemia, Monoblastic Leukemia, Monocytic Leukaemia, Monocytic Leukemia, Myeloblastic Leukemia, Granulocytic Leukemia, Myelocytic Leukemia

Definition of Leukemia

1. a disease of the blood-forming organs [n -S]

Medical Definition of Leukemia

1. An acute or chronic disease of unknown cause in man and other warm blooded animals that involves the blood forming organs, is characterised by an abnormal increase in the number of leucocytes in the tissues of the body with or without a corresponding increase of those in the circulating blood and is classified according of the type leucocyte most prominently involved. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leukemia

leukaemic hyperplastic gingivitis
leukaemic infiltration
leukaemic leukaemia
leukaemic myelosis
leukaemic reticuloendotheliosis
leukaemic reticulosis
leukaemic retinitis
leukaemic retinopathy
leukaemogeneses
leukaemogenesis
leukaemogenesis
leukanaemia
leukapheresis
leukasmus
leukemia (current term)
leukemia (current term)
leukemias
leukemic
leukemics
leukemid
leukemogen
leukemogeneses
leukemogenesis
leukemogenesis
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
leukemoid
leukemoid
leukemoid reaction
Leukeran

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