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leukosis
(redirected from cutaneous bovine leukosis)

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leukosis /leu·ko·sis/ (loo-ko´sis) pl. leuko´ses   proliferation of leukocyte-forming tissue.
leu·ko·sis (l-kss)
n.
The abnormal proliferation of one or more of the leukopoietic tissues.

leukosis [loo-ko´sis]
proliferation of leukocyte-forming tissue.

leukosis
proliferation of leukocyte-forming tissue; the basis of leukemia.

avian leukosis
a complex of related diseases caused by retroviruses (oncornaviruses). lymphoid leukosis, erythroblastosis, myelocytomatosis and myeloblastosis are the principal component diseases. There are in addition a series of tumors of connective tissue, epithelium, endothelium and other miscellaneous related tumors.
cutaneous bovine leukosis
see bovine viral leukosis.
enzootic bovine leukosis
see bovine viral leukosis.
leukosis-sarcoma neoplastic diseases
includes lymphoid leukosis, erythroblastosis, myeloblastosis, myelocytomatosis, connective tissue tumors, nephroma, nephroblastoma, miscellaneous epithelial and endothelial tumors, osteopetrosis of birds caused by avian type C oncoviruses.


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