Meaning of LEUKEMIA
| Pronunciation: | | loo'keemeeu
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| | Definition: | | [n] malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer |
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| | Synonyms: | | cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia |
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| | See Also: | | acute leukemia, cancer, chronic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, malignant neoplastic disease, monoblastic leukemia, monoblstic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia, monocytic lukaemia, myeloblastic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia | |
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| | Definition: | | Leukemia
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| | Definition: | | Cancer of blood-forming tissue. |
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| | Definition: | | Any of several cancers of blood-forming organs (usually bone marrow cells) which result in the uncontrolled production of abnormal white blood cells (leukocytes); advanced stages of the disease can turn the blood virtually white (thus the name, since "leuk-" means "white"). |
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| | Related Terms: | | acute leukemia, anemia, angiohemophilia, aplastic anemia, Christmas disease, chronic leukemia, cyclic neutropenia, erythrocytosis, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, hemoglobinopathy, hemophilia, hemophilia A, hemophilia B, hypochromic anemia, infectious granuloma, iron deficiency anemia, Letterer-Siwe syndrome, leukemic reticuloendotheliosis, macrocytic anemia, multiple myeloma, myelogenous leukemia, neutropenia, pernicious anemia, plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytoma, polycythemia, pseudoleukemia, purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia, vascular hemophilia |
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