lymphocytic leukemia

noun

: leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (such as lymphocytes) which accumulate especially in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and circulating blood

called also lymphatic leukemia

Examples of lymphocytic leukemia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Rochester teenager battled acute lymphocytic leukemia — a blood and bone marrow cancer. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025

The tour will span all three Jack’s Mannequin albums, starting with Everything in Transit, which was released in 2005 just as McMahon was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. —Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025

The 83-year-old was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow, in 2005. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024

She was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in about 2010. —Will Heinrich, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

lymphocytic leukemia

noun

variants also lymphatic leukemia or lymphoid leukemia

: leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (as lymphocytes) which accumulate in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue (as of the lymph nodes and spleen), and circulating blood see acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia