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malignant neoplastic disease vs leukaemia

leukaemia vs malignant neoplastic disease

malignant neoplastic disease and leukaemia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
malignant neoplastic disease Yes No No No
leukaemia Yes No No No
As nouns, leukaemia is a hyponym of malignant neoplastic disease; that is, leukaemia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malignant neoplastic disease:
  • malignant neoplastic disease: any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
  • leukaemia: malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
Other hyponyms of malignant neoplastic disease include lymphoma, carcinoma, cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia, sarcoma.
malignant neoplastic disease (noun) leukaemia (noun)
any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
Difference between malignant neoplastic disease and leukaemia

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