We found 1 definitions of cancer of the blood from 1 different sources.
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cancer of the blood - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | ||
leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia | ||
malignant neoplastic disease, cancer type genus of the family Cancridae | ||
acute leukemia rapidly progressing leukemia | ||
chronic leukemia slowly progressing leukemia | ||
lymphocytic leukemia leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood | ||
histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood | ||
myeloblastic leukemia a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream |