leukemoid

adjective leu·ke·moid \-ˌmȯid\

Definition of LEUKEMOID

: resembling leukemia but not involving the same changes in the blood-forming organs

1926

Medical Dictionary

adjective leu·ke·moid

: resembling leukemia but not involving the same changes in the blood-forming organs <a leukemoid reaction in malaria>

leu·ke·moid or chiefly British leu·kae·moid \lü-ˈkē-mȯid\

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