Definition of Leucaemia

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, Leukaemia, Leukemia
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 Leucaemia

1. Noun. (oncology) (alternative spelling of leukaemia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Leucaemia

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 Leucaemia

lettuce-bird
lettuce leaf
lettuce opium
lettuceless
lettucelike
lettuces
lettucey
lettucy
letuaries
letuary
letup
letups
leuc-
leucadendron
leucadendrons
leucaemia (current term)
leucaniline
leucanilines
leucazolitmin
leucemia
leucemias
leucemic
leuch
leuchaemia
leuchen
leuchæmia
leucin
leucinal
leucine
leucine-induced hypoglycaemia

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