Pathology · Haematology · Hard

Leukemia

Meaning: A cancer of blood-forming tissues causing overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.

In practice: Acute leukaemia presents with fatigue, bruising and recurrent infections.

Word parts

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Which word means: A bulge or ballooning in the wall of a weakened blood vessel.

Which word means: Benign focus of compact bone lying within cancellous medullary bone, commonly called a bone island.

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