leukemia Definition
leu·kemia (lo̵̅o̅ kē′mē ə)
leukemia Related Forms
leu·ke′mic (-mik) adjective
leu·ke′moid′ (-mo̵id′) adjective
leukemia Usage Examples
Converse of object
- relapse: A lung carcinoma or an infiltrate of residual or relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia in the lung could be definitely ruled out.
- cause: The first example, found in 1978, causes a rare leukemia.
- develop: In a period of a few years, such a person might develop leukemia.
- include: The survey examined deaths from 16 types of cancer, including leukemia.
Preposition: in
child: The age distribution of leukemia in children on with Down's syndrome is the same as in the general population.
Adjective modifier
- lymphocytic: OVERVIEW: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most common form of leukemia, with more than 200,000 cases reported in the past 20 years.
- myeloid: No increased incidence was found for acute myeloid leukemia or brain cancer which were of interest a priori based on earlier studies.
- lymphoblastic: Josh Eaton's Home Page A 7 year old who has had a bone marrow transplant for Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- myelogenous: In chronic myelogenous leukemia ( CML ), the primary genetic process has been characterized.
- promyelocytic: AB - Coagulation disorders are often the reason for fatal bleeding in acute promyelocytic leukemia.
- acute: No increased incidence was found for acute myeloid leukemia or brain cancer which were of interest a priori based on earlier studies.
Modifies a noun
- virus: T-cell leukemia virus can increase the risk of adults getting T-cell leukemia.
- cell: In the study for expression of RB protein, we found no expression of RB in 4 of 16 leukemia cell lines.
- patient: Preliminary results for a 9 amino acid peptide vaccine show promise in clinical trials of myeloid leukemia patients.
- line: In the study for expression of RB protein, we found no expression of RB in 4 of 16 leukemia cell lines.
- case: Age may indeed have been a factor in the leukemia cases in the X-linked SCID trial.
Noun used with modifier
- T-cell: T-cell leukemia virus can increase the risk of adults getting T-cell leukemia.
- childhood: About 2 % of all cases of childhood leukemia occur in children who have Down's Syndrome.
- cell: Multiple myeloma may rarely present or evolve into a plasma cell leukemia, typically in far advanced disease.
- mouse: IV Effect of folic acid derivatives on transplanted mouse leukemia.
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