aleukemic leukemia

aleukemic leukemia
aleukemic leukemia n leukemia resulting from changes in the tissues forming white blood cells and characterized by a normal or decreased number of white blood cells in the circulating blood called also aleukemic myelosis

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aleukocythemic leukemia leukemia in which the total white blood cell count in the peripheral blood is either normal or below normal; it may be lymphocytic, monocytic, or myelogenous.

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