lymphocytic leukemia

English Thesaurus

1. leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood (noun.state)

hypernym	:	cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia,
definition	:	malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state)

hyponym	:	lymphoblastic leukemia,
definition	:	a form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts (noun.state)