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adult T–cell leukemia

noun

Medical Definition of ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA

:  a lymphoproliferative disease that is characterized by high counts of malignant T cells, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, skin lesions, and hypercalcemia and that is associated with the retrovirus HTLV-I—called also adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

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