English noun: leucaemia |
1. | leucaemia (state) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer |
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| Synonyms | cancer of the blood, leukaemia, leukemia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia, myeloblastic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia |
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