LEUKEMIA


Meaning of LEUKEMIA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

acute

Hereditary and acquired p53 mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

The topic was acute myeloid leukemia , the deadliest form of leukemia.

Central nervous system treatment in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: long-term follow-up of patients diagnosed between 1973 and 1985.

Second neoplasms after acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood.

The increased risk for acute lymphoid leukemia alone was 43 %, the researchers said.

Alana was diagnosed April 5 with acute myeloid leukemia , type M-7, a particularly virulent form of cancer.

■ VERB

die

When he told people he was dying of leukemia , we just laughed at him.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Altered mercaptopurine metabolism, toxic effects, and dosage requirement in a thiopurine methyltransferase-deficient child with acute lymphocytic leukemia .

Hereditary and acquired p53 mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

Judge Jones had had a form of leukemia for several years when he was sworn to the bench in December 1994.

Second malignancies in patients treated for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia .

When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia , and everything came to a screeching halt.

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