leukemia
noun
leu·ke·mia
lü-ˈkē-mē-ə 
: 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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At the time, his rep confirmed the former film producer had been diagnosed with leukemia.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Then in September 2023, amid his reelection campaign, Reyes was diagnosed with leukemia.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Richard and Diane Nares co-founded the Emilio Nares Foundation in 2002 in memory of their son Emilio who lost his courageous fight with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at five years old.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer or acute leukemia were among the most distressed, with up to 37 percent of them meeting PTSD criteria.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Then in September 2023, amid his reelection campaign, Reyes was diagnosed with leukemia.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Richard and Diane Nares co-founded the Emilio Nares Foundation in 2002 in memory of their son Emilio who lost his courageous fight with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at five years old.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer or acute leukemia were among the most distressed, with up to 37 percent of them meeting PTSD criteria.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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leukemia
noun
leu·ke·mia
lü-ˈkē-mē-ə
: a disease of warm-blooded animals including human beings that is a kind of cancer in which there is an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood
Medical Definition
leukemia
noun
leu·ke·mia
lü-ˈkē-mē-ə
variants
also leucemia
or chiefly British leukaemia
also leucaemia
lü-ˈkē- also lü-ˈsē-
: 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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