leukemia
noun(leu-ke-mia)
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
leukemia
noun(leu-ke-mia)
a chronic leukemia that is usually of B cell origin and is characterized by malignant cells with a ciliated appearance
leukemia
noun(leu-ke-mia)
leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (such as lymphocytes) which accumulate especially in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and circulating blood —called also lymphatic leukemia
leukemia
noun(leu-ke-mia)
leukemia characterized by proliferation of myeloid tissue (as of the bone marrow and spleen) and an abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes, myelocytes, and myeloblasts in the circulating blood —called also myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia