leukemoid reaction
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n.
A moderate, advanced, or sometimes extreme degree of leukocytosis that is similar or possibly identical to that occurring in leukemia but is due to some other cause.
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Words nearby leukemoid reaction
leukemid, leukemogen, leukemogenesis, leukemogenic, leukemoid, leukemoid reaction, Leukeran, leuko-, leukoagglutinin, leukoblast, leukoblastosis
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