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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Jones died of leukemia at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., his wife of 15 years, Eleanora Jones, said.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
State Judge Curtis Farber's decision came two days after NBC News reported that Weinstein had been diagnosed with an uncommon form of bone marrow cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia, according to two sources.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
This week, there were reports that Weinstein has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The organization says approximately 15% of leukemias in adults are CML.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
State Judge Curtis Farber's decision came two days after NBC News reported that Weinstein had been diagnosed with an uncommon form of bone marrow cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia, according to two sources.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
This week, there were reports that Weinstein has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The organization says approximately 15% of leukemias in adults are CML.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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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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