cancer of the blood

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noun

malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues;
characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes;
one of the four major types of cancer
• Syn:
leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia
• Hypernyms:
cancer, malignant neoplastic disease
• Hyponyms:
acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, monocytic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia,
monocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, myeloblastic leukemia,
myelocytic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia