hairy cell leukemia

noun

a form of cancer in which abnormal cells with many hairlike cytoplasmic projections appear in the bone marrow, liver, spleen, and blood.

Words nearby hairy cell leukemia

hairweave, hairweaving, hairworm, hairy, hairy cell, hairy cell leukemia, hairy frog, hairy heart, hairy leukoplakia, hairy mole, hairy tongue

Also called leukemic reticuloendotheliosis.

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Medical definitions for hairy cell leukemia

hairy cell leukemia

n.

A lymphocytic leukemia, usually originating with B cells, and characterized by splenomegaly and cells with a ciliated appearance in the spleen, bone marrow, liver, and blood.leukemic reticuloendotheliosis