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Leukemia

A type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.

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Cancer 76% connected

A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

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Leukaemia 92% connected

Leucocythaemia.

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Cancer of the blood noun · 86% connection

malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…

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Leucaemia noun · 86% connection

malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…

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Lymphoma noun · 86% connection

a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer

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Actinotherapy noun · 85% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Irradiation noun · 85% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Malignance noun · 85% connection

(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

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Malignancy noun · 85% connection

(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

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Radiation noun · 85% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Radiation therapy noun · 85% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Radiotherapy noun · 85% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Carcinoma noun · 85% connection

any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

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Chemotherapy noun · 85% connection

the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

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Immunotherapy noun · 85% connection

therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

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Sarcoma noun · 85% connection

a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer

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Thrombocytosis noun · 85% connection

increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infect…

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Curietherapy noun · 85% connection

the use of radium in radiation therapy

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Malignant neoplasm noun · 85% connection

a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body

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Malignant tumor noun · 85% connection

a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body

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Albers-Schonberg disease noun · 78% connection

an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated

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Astragalus noun · 78% connection

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

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B cell noun · 78% connection

a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures int…

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B lymphocyte noun · 78% connection

a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures int…

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Cancerite noun · 78% connection

Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.

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Canon bone unknown · 78% connection

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

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Castration noun · 78% connection

surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer…

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Congenital pancytopenia noun · 78% connection

a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow

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Endothelial myeloma noun · 78% connection

malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)

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Essential thrombocytopenia noun · 78% connection

the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical…

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Ewing's sarcoma noun · 78% connection

malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)

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Ewing's tumor noun · 78% connection

malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)

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