cancer of the blood

1. 1.

   malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

   Synonymsleukemialeukaemialeucaemia

   Broadercancer

   Narroweracute leukemiachronic leukemialymphocytic leukemiamonocytic leukemiamyeloblastic leukemiamyelocytic leukemia

Questions about cancer of the blood

What does cancer of the blood mean?

cancer of the blood means "malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer".

What is another word for cancer of the blood?

Close synonyms include leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cancer of the blood a common word?

cancer of the blood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.