| English noun: leukaemia | 
| 1. | leukaemia (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, leucaemia, 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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