Leukaemia
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of leukemia. Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"1979, Medical Association of South Africa, South African Medical Journal, Volume 55, Issues 1-14, page 9, On the other hand, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a prominent complication in patients with acute leukaemia and to this must be added the whole spectrum of opportunistic infections."
- 2 malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer wordnet
Example
More examples"1979, Medical Association of South Africa, South African Medical Journal, Volume 55, Issues 1-14, page 9, On the other hand, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a prominent complication in patients with acute leukaemia and to this must be added the whole spectrum of opportunistic infections."