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LEUKOSIS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
DEF

Prolifération anormale des leucocytes, décelable soit par l'examen du sang (leucémie), soit par l'examen du contenu des ganglions lymphatiques et de la moelle osseuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
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Record 2 2003-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

A serious disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by a marked increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood, together with enlargement and quick growth of the lymphoid tissue of the spleen, lymph glands and bone marrow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
CONT

On groupe sous ce nom des affections hyperplasiques des tissus lymphoïdes, avec ou sans leucémie. On distingue les leucoses lymphoïdes et les leucoses myéloïdes selon que leur origine est lymphatique (ganglions, tissus lymphoïdes) ou médullaire (moelle osseuse).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
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