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What cancer is A malignancy characterized by a progressive increase of abnormal leukocytes?

leukaeimia


What is the term for suffers from a malignancy characterized by a progressive increase of abnormal leukocytes?

leukemia


What is hypercellular?

Hypercelluar marrow, is when the marrow has an abnormal increase in cells present normally relating to leukocytes and their precuors. Common in acute myeloid leukaemia.


What will infections generally increase the number of iin the body?

White blood cells (leukocytes)


What can increase the number of leukocytes?

The increased number of leukocytes can occur abnormally as a result of an infection, cancer, or drug intake; however, leukocytosis can occur normally after eating a large meal or experiencing stress.


What is the medical term meaning cancer characterized by a progressive increase in the number of abnormal leukocytes?

Leukemia (loo-KEE-mee-ah) Is a malignancy characterized by a processive increase of abnormal leukoytes. (''leuk'' means white and ''emia'' means blood condition).


What do you called for the increase leukocytes?

Lymphocytosis


Is leukemia an increase or decrease of white blood cells?

Leukemia is an increase in the number of abnormal white blood cells in the bloodstream. These abnormal cells do not function properly and can crowd out normal white blood cells, leading to a weakened immune system.


What is the other name for leukemia?

Second name for the leukemia is blood cancer or bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal increase in blood cells usually leukocytes.


Abnormal increase in the number of wbc?

Infection is one possible reason for an abnormal increase in the number of WBC's (white blood cells).


What word means an abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in the tissues?

Cancer.


What is an astrogliosis?

An astrogliosis is an abnormal increase in the number of astrocytes due to the destruction of neurons.