Definition of Leukaemia

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, 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 Leukaemia

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Medical Definition of Leukaemia

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 Leukaemia

leucous
leucovorin
leucovorin calcium
leucoxene
leuco patent blue
Leuctra
leucyl-beta-naphthylamidase
leucyltransferase
leud
leudes
Leudet's tinnitus
leuds
leugh
leughen
leukaemia (current term)
leukaemia (current term)
leukaemias
leukaemia cutis
Leukaemia inhibitory factor
leukaemia l5178
leukaemia of fowls
leukaemia p388
leukaemic
leukaemic hyperplastic gingivitis
leukaemic infiltration
leukaemic leukaemia
leukaemic myelosis
leukaemic reticuloendotheliosis
leukaemic reticulosis
leukaemic retinitis

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