malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
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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
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malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Haematology.malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Haematology.a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Haematology.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infect…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Haematology.the use of radium in radiation therapy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.
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any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: malignant, neoplasm, blood-forming, tissues, characterized.
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