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chronic leukemia

DEFINITIONS OF: chronic leukemia

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n slowly progressing leukemia

Types:
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
chronic leukemia characterized by lymphoblast-like cells; more common in older men
chronic myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia
chronic leukemia characterized by granular leukocytes; more common in older people
Type of:
cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia
malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
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