leukemia

IPA: ɫukˈimiʌ

Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Examples of "leukemia" in Sentences

He died of leukemia in summer.
An example is the diagnosis of leukemia.
Gates died of leukemia at the age of 81.
He had leukemia and it was in the last stages.
Lymphoma and leukemia are cancers of the blood.
Allen died of leukemia at the age of 36 in 1993.
The leukemia was probably caused by the Berylium.
A walker died of leukemia in Albuquerque at the age of 89.
It is used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Justice needs a life saving stem cell transplant to stop the disease from turning into leukemia.