| leucaemia 
 
 malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues;
 characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes;
 one of the four major types of cancer
 • Syn:
 leukemia, leukaemia, cancer of the blood
 • Hypernyms:
 cancer, malignant neoplastic disease
 • Hyponyms:
 acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, monocytic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia,
 monocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, myeloblastic leukemia,
 myelocytic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia
 
 
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