cancer of the blood
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1. malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease, |
| definition | : | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | acute leukemia, |
| definition | : | rapidly progressing leukemia (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lymphocytic leukemia, |
| definition | : | leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | myeloblastic leukemia, |
| definition | : | a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream (noun.state) |
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