leukemia
21Leukemia, accelerated phase of — Refers to chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) that is progressing. The number of immature, abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow and blood is higher than in the chronic phase but not as high as in the blast phase …
22Leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic — Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being specifically those destined to… …
23leukemia-associated inhibitory activity — (LIA) the inhibition of normal marrow cells of donors from forming colonies of granulocytes and macrophages, induced in vitro by the presence of cell extracts, or of culture media conditioned by cells, from the bone marrow, spleen, or blood of… …
24leukemia cutis — a cutaneous manifestation of leukemia resulting from infiltration of the skin by malignant leukocytes and occurring as specific or nonspecific lesions, or both coexisting. See also leukemid …
25leukemia — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1855 an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood • leukemic adjective or …
26leukemia — (loo ke me ah) A progressive, malignant disease of blood forming organs, marked by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Certain leukemias are caused by viruses (HTLV 1, HTLV 2) …
27leukemia — See leukaemia …
28leukemia — noun /luˈkimiə/ a) A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood forming tissues. The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias. b) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood forming tissues …
29leukemia — leu|ke|mi|a also leukaemia BrE [lu:ˈki:miə] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: leukos white + aimia (from haima blood )] a type of ↑cancer of the blood, that causes weakness and sometimes death …
30leukemia — leu|ke|mi|a [ lu kimiə ] noun uncount the type of cancer that people get in their blood …
