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leukaemia
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leukaemia or esp US leukemia [loo-kee-mee-a]
Noun
an acute or chronic disease characterized by extreme overproduction of white blood cells [Greek leukos white + haima blood]
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Noun1.leukaemialeukaemia - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia
cancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
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
histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia - leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood
myeloblastic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream
granulocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
Translations
Spanish leukaemia (US), leukemia [luːˈkiːmɪə] n → leucemia
French leukaemia (US), leukemia [luːˈkiːmɪə] n → leucémie f
German leukaemia (US) leukemia [luːˈkiːmɪə] n → Leukämie f
Italian leukaemia (US), leukemia [luːˈkiːmɪə] n → leucemia
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It showed enhanced myelo-, erythro-, and thrombopoesis with slight lymphopenia but no leukemic cells.
Congenital visceral leishmaniasis by Loscher, Thomas / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The leukemic cells crowd out normal blood cells, resulting in anemia, susceptibility to infection, and bruising.
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In this disease, the frequency of the leukemic stem cell (LSC) was approximately 1 per million AML blasts, establishing that not every AML cell had T-IC capacity.
Stem cells and cancer by Environmental Health Perspectives
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