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leukemoid

leukemoid adjective: resembling leukemia, but triggered by stress, infection, etc. rather than actual malignancy.

Adjective

leukemoid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling leukemia, but triggered by stress, infection, etc. rather than actual malignancy.

Forms of leukemoid

alternative formleukaemoid

Origin of leukemoid

From leukemia + -oid.

Words formed from leukemoid

  • leukemoid reaction

Questions about leukemoid

What does leukemoid mean?
Leukemoid means resembling leukemia, but triggered by stress, infection, etc. rather than actual malignancy.
What part of speech is leukemoid?
Leukemoid is an adjective.

Words near leukemoid in the dictionary

  1. leukemogenic
  2. leukemogenically
  3. leukemogenicities
  4. leukemogenicity
  5. leukemogens
  6. leukemoid
  7. leukencephalopathies
  8. leukencephalopathy
  9. leukhæmia
  10. leukism
  11. leuko

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