Taber's Medical Dictionary
leukemoid reaction
(loo-kē′moyd )
[ leukemia + -oid ]
An extreme elevation in the white blood cell count (approx. 50,000 cells/mm 3) It superficially resembles a leukemia but has a different cause, e.g., severe infection, trauma, large burn, ketoacidosis, or other stressful illness.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Leukemoid Reaction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758983/all/leukemoid reaction.
Leukemoid reaction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758983/all/leukemoid reaction. Accessed September 21, 2026.
Leukemoid reaction. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758983/all/leukemoid reaction
Leukemoid Reaction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 September 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758983/all/leukemoid reaction.
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