leukaemia
(redirected from Leukaemias)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.
leukaemia
(luːˈkiːmɪə) orleukemia
n
(Pathology) an acute or chronic disease characterized by a gross proliferation of leucocytes, which crowd into the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, etc, and suppress the blood-forming apparatus. Also called (esp formerly): leucocythaemia
[C19: from leuco- + Greek haima blood]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
الّلُوكِيمْيَالوكيميا: سَرَطان الدَّم
leukémie
leukæmi
leukemia
סרטן הדם
leukemija
fehérvérûségleukémia
kanker darahleukemia
hvítblæîi
白血病
백혈병
leucaemialeucemia
baltakraujystėleukozė
leikēmija, bālasinība
leukémia
leukemi
โรคที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวมากเกินไป
bệnh bạch cầu
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
leukaemia
, (US) leukemian → Leukämie f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
leukaemia
(American) leukemia (luːˈkiːmiə) noun a disease that causes white blood cells to multiply abnormally in the body.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
leukaemia
→ الّلُوكِيمْيَا leukémie leukæmi Leukämie λευχαιμία leucemia leukemia leucémie leukemija leucemia 白血病 백혈병 leukemie leukemi białaczka leucemia лейкемия leukemi โรคที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวมากเกินไป lösemi bệnh bạch cầu 白血病Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009