| NOUN | state | leukaemia, leukemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues |
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| Meaning | 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, leucaemia, cancer of the blood | |
| Narrower | acute leukemia | rapidly progressing leukemia |
| 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 |
| Spanish | leucaemia, leucemia | |
| Catalan | leucaemia, leucèmia | |
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