Leukemia vs Leukopenia - What's the difference?
leukemia | leukopenia |
(US) A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
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, title= (US, countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.
(medicine) an abnormally low count of leukocytes, or white blood cells, in the blood
As nouns the difference between leukemia and leukopenia
is that leukemia is a type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues while leukopenia is an abnormally low count of leukocytes, or white blood cells, in the blood.leukemia
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(wikipedia leukemia)Alternative forms
* leukaemia (UK) * (l) * (archaic)Noun
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