leukemia

Phonetic Respelling: [ loo-kee-mee-uh ]

Definition:

n. any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets

Sentence:

The leukemia patient needed a bone marrow transplant.

More example sentences:

The leukemia patient needed a bone marrow transplant.

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What type of leukemia did Melissa have?

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What is one symptom Dawn has of leukemia that helps diagnose her?

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What is leukemia a disease of?

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The patient was given daunorubicin for treatment of leukemia.

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'Sixty percent of the people with leukemia get over it?' What does that mean?

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Synonyms:

bone marrow cancer; bone marrow disease; cancer

Antonyms:

healthy

Leukemia rhymes:

• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • femia
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • anemia
  • bohemia
  • euphemia
  • geremia
  • jeremia
  • uremia
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • academia
• Six Syllable Rhymes
  • hypoglycemia