adult T-cell leukemia

adult T–cell leukemia

noun

Definition of ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA

: a lymphoproliferative disease that is characterized by high counts of malignant T cells, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, skin lesions, and hypercalcemia and that is associated with the retrovirus HTLV-I—called also adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma