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lymphocytic leukemia
noun
Definition of lymphocytic leukemia
: leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (such as lymphocytes) which accumulate especially in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and circulating blood —called also lymphatic leukemia
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1956
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lymphocytic leukemia
noun
variants: also
lymphatic leukemia
orlymphoid leukemia
Medical Definition of lymphocytic leukemia
: leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (as lymphocytes) which accumulate in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue (as of the lymph nodes and spleen), and circulating blood—see acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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