Lymphoblastic leukemia
lymphoblastic leukemia n.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia characterized by abnormal, often immature, lymphocytic cells or by the presence of unusually large numbers of immature lymphocytes occurring together with adult lymphocytes.
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[lim-fuh-sahyt] /ˈlɪm fəˌsaɪt/ noun, Anatomy. 1. a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm. /ˈlɪmfəʊˌsaɪt/ noun 1. a type of white blood cell formed in lymphoid tissue See also B-lymphocyte, T-lymphocyte n. cell found in the lymph, 1890, from Latin lympho- (see lymph) + […]