Definition of Lymphocytic leukemia

1. Noun. Leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood.

Generic synonyms: Cancer Of The Blood, Leucaemia, Leukaemia, Leukemia
Specialized synonyms: Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphocytic Leukemia

lymphocyte lymphocyte
lymphocyte specific protein tyrosine kinase p56(lck)
lymphocyte subsets
lymphocyte transformation
lymphocyte transfusion
lymphocytes
lymphocythemia
lymphocytic
lymphocytic adenohypophysitis
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
lymphocytic leukaemia
lymphocytic leukemia (current term)
lymphocytic leukemoid reaction
lymphocytic leukocytosis
lymphocytic leukopenia
lymphocytic lymphoma
lymphocytic thyroiditis
lymphocytoblast
lymphocytoma
lymphocytopenia
lymphocytopoiesis
lymphocytoses
lymphocytosis
lymphocytotoxic antibodies
lymphodema
lymphodemas

Literary usage of Lymphocytic leukemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1903)
"ACUTE lymphocytic leukemia, WITH REFERENCE TO ITS MYELOGENOUS ORIGIN. BY AOJ KELLY, AM, MD, OF PHILADELPHIA. DURING the last few years the blood, ..."

2. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) affects children more frequently than adults, while chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) affects only adults, mostly over the ..."

3. Niehs Report on Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency by Kenneth Olden (1999)
"Recent studies evaluating the association between exposure to magnetic fields and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (40-44) show mixed results. ..."

4. Disease of the Blood by Paul Ehrlich, Carl von Noorden, Adolf Lazarus, Felix Pinkus (1905)
"Kelly,5 in an article on acute lymphocytic leukemia, strongly supports the view that lymphocytic leukemia may have a purely ..."

5. Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"Separate analyses were reported for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), ... There were few cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the Japanese ..."

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