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leukæmia
‖ leukæmia Path. (l(j)uːˈkiːmɪə) Also leukemia, † leuch-. [ad. G. leukämie (R. Virchow 1848, in Arch. f. path. Anat. I. iii. 563), f. λευκ-ός white + αἷµα blood.] A progressive disease of man and other warm-blooded animals characterized by the hyperplastic transformation and greatly increased activi...
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leukæmoid
leukæmoid, a. Med. (l(j)uːˈkiːmɔɪd) Also leuc-, -emoid. [f. leukæmia + -oid.] Resembling (that found in) leukæmia but due to some other cause.1926 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CLXXII. 529 Was it leukemia, simulating Banti's in an aleukemic early stage, or was it Banti's with a terminal leukemoid picture? 1...
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Noël Olivier
held at the Victoria Hospital for Children, in a section for the study of disease in children, she presented a paper entitled "A Case of Acute Lymphatic Leukæmia
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leukæmogenic
leukæmogenic, a. Med. (l(j)uːˌkiːməʊˈdʒɛnɪk) Also leukemogenic. [f. leukæmia + -o + -genic.] Capable of producing leukæmia; pertaining to the production of leukæmia.1942 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. (U.S.) III. 231/2 Previous experiments indicated that X-rays are leukemogenic. 1953 Cancer Res. XIII. 267/...
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leukæmic
leuˈkæmic, a. and n. [f. leukæmia + -ic.] A. adj. Affected with or characterized by leukæmia; characteristic of or resembling leukæmia; spec. marked by an increased number of leucocytes in the blood.1876 Clinical Soc. Trans. IX. 83 On finding the leuchæmic state of the blood I gave him phosphorus. 1...
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leucocythæmia
‖ leucocythæmia Path. (ˈl(j)uːkəʊsɪˈθiːmɪə) Also leucocythemia. [f. leuco- + Gr. κύτος -cyte + αἷµα blood.] J. H. Bennett's name for leukæmia.1852 J. H. Bennett (title) Leucocythæmia or White Cell⁓blood in Relation to the Physiology and Pathology of the Lymphatic Glandular System. 1885 Woodhead Prac...
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aleukæmic
aleukæmic, a. Path. (æl(j)uːˈkiːmɪk, eɪ-) Also -emic. [f. a- 14 + leukæmic a.] Not characterized by a high white-cell count; esp. in aleukæmic leukæmia.1904 A. Stengel in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CXXVIII. 524 Some authorities regarded the latter [sc. splenic anæmia] as an aleukæmic variety of splenic l...
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viræmia
viræmia Med. (vaɪˈriːmɪə) Also (U.S.) viremia. [f. virus + -æmia, after anæmia, leukæmia, etc.] The condition in which viruses are present in the bloodstream. Hence viˈræmic a.1947 Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 21) 1619/1 Viremia. 1954 Jrnl. Pediatrics XLIV. 20/1 Little is known about the presenc...
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leucosis
‖ leucosis (l(j)uːˈkəʊsɪs) Pl. leucoses. [a. Gr. λεύκωσις, f. λευκοῦν to make white, f. λευκός white.] a. Pallor, whiteness (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1888). b. The process of becoming an albino; the condition of an albino. c. The formation of leucoma (Syd. Soc. Lex.).1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Leucosis, a wh...
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myelogenic
myelogenic, a. (ˌmaɪələʊˈdʒɛnɪk) [f. myelo- + -genic.] Derived from or originating in the bone marrow. Also myeˈlogenous a.1875 C. H. Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. ii. 74 The form [of leuchæmia] which arises from an affection of the osseous medulla..has been called the myelogenous by Neumann. 1876 tr....
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leukovirus
leukovirus Virology. (ˈl(j)uːkəʊvaɪrəs) Also leuco-. [f. leuko- (in leukæmia and leukosis, leucosis) + virus.] Any of a group of pleomorphic viruses consisting of enveloped single-stranded RNA, different members of which cause leucosis or tumours in mammals and birds.1968 F. Fenner Biol. Animal Viru...
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erythræmia
erythræmia Path. (ɛrɪˈθriːmɪə) Also erythremia. [mod.L., ad. G. erythrämie (W. Türk 1904, in Wiener klin. Wochenschr. 18 Feb. 192/1), f. Gr. ἐρυθρός red + αἷµα blood.] An excess of red cells in the blood; any disease so characterized, esp. polycythæmia vera.[1860 Mayne Expos. Lex. Add. 1493/1 Erythr...
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-æmia
-æmia, suffix (-ˈiːmɪə) Also (chiefly U.S.) -emia. [f. Gr. αἷµα blood + -ia1.] Formative element in ns. that denote the presence in the blood of an indicated substance or organism, usu. abnormally or in abnormal amounts; as hypercalcæmia, hypocalcæmia, leukæmia, septicæmia, viræmia.
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Thorotrast
Thorotrast Med. (ˈθɔərəʊtrɑːst, -æ-) Also thorotrast. [a. G. thorotrast (A. Weiser 1930, in Wiener med. Wochenschr. 25 Oct. 1428/2), f. thoro- thoro- + kon)trast contrast n.] A colloidal solution of thorium dioxide formerly used as a contrast medium in radiography. A proprietary name in the U.S.1932...
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