acute leukemia
English Thesaurus
1. rapidly progressing leukemia (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia, |
| definition | : | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, |
| definition | : | acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, |
| definition | : | acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults (noun.state) |
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