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lymphocytic leukemia

DEFINITIONS OF: lymphocytic leukemia

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n leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood

Types:
lymphoblastic leukemia
a form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts
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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