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Leukaemia   Listen
noun
leukaemia, leukemia  n.  (Also spelled leucemia and leuchaemia)  A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; formerly called leucocythaemia. It is due to a cancer of the bone marrow, and results in anemia and increased susceptibility to infectious disease.





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Words linked to "Leukaemia" :   leucaemia, malignant neoplastic disease, leukemia, granulocytic leukemia, chronic leukemia, myeloblastic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukemia, acute leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukaemia, myelocytic leukemia, cancer, cancer of the blood, lymphocytic leukemia, monocytic leukemia


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