Definition of leukemia
:an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood
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The danger of leukemia is especially great in people with a preleukemic condition called clonal hematopoiesis.
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Some research shows that breastfeeding can also reduce the risk of Type 1 diabetes, childhood leukemia and atopic dermatitis.
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Gene editing procedures could also treat patients with sickle cell anemia, HIV, and multiple types of cancers including leukemia and breast cancer.
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Dear Miss Manners: A close friend was diagnosed with leukemia.
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A Louisiana State University toxicologist found leukemia rates here to be 40 times the national average.
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Novertis’s CAR-T would be used in patients age 25 and under whose cancer comes back after chemotherapy -- about 600 people a year in the U.S. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common cancer in children.
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Last December, Lottie Tomlinson and Louis Tomlinson's mother, Johanna Deakin, passed away after a battle with leukemia.
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Scott died Friday at the age of 15 following a battle with leukemia.
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Origin and Etymology of leukemia
LEUKEMIA Defined for English Language Learners
leukemia
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noun
Definition of leukemia for English Language Learners
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medical : a very serious disease in which the body forms too many white blood cells
LEUKEMIA Defined for Kids
leukemia
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noun
leu·ke·mia
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lü-ˈkē-mē-ə
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Definition of leukemia for Students
:a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are formed
Medical Dictionary
leukemia
play
noun
leu·ke·mia
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lü-ˈkē-mē-ə
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variants:
also
leucemia
\lü-ˈkē- also lü-ˈsē-\
or chiefly British
leukaemia
also
leucaemia
medical Definition of leukemia
:an acute or chronic disease of unknown cause in humans and other warm-blooded animals that involves the blood-forming organs, is characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues of the body with or without a corresponding increase of those in the circulating blood, and is classified according to the type of white blood cell most prominently involved — see acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, feline leukemia, lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, monocytic leukemia, myelogenous leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia
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