English > leucaemia: 1 sense > noun 1, stateMeaning | 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 | leukemia, leukaemia, cancer of the blood |
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Narrower | acute leukemia | rapidly progressing leukemia |
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chronic leukemia | slowly progressing leukemia |
lymphocytic leukemia | leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood |
monocytic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia | leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood |
myeloblastic leukemia | A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues |
myelocytic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia | A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues |
Broader | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease | Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division |
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Spanish | leucaemia, leucemia |
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Catalan | leucaemia, leucèmia |
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