| leukemia | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer. |
| ~ cancer, malignant neoplastic disease | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream. |
| ~ acute leukemia | rapidly progressing leukemia. |
| ~ chronic leukemia | slowly progressing leukemia. |
| ~ lymphocytic leukemia | leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood. |
| ~ histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia | leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood. |
| ~ myeloblastic leukemia | a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream. |
| ~ granulocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia | a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood. |
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