acute lymphocytic leukemia
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- noun
- /əˈkjuːt ˌlɪm.fəˈsɪt.ɪk luˈkiː.mi.ə/
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leucemia linfocítica aguda
- The cure rate for acute lymphocytic leukemia has gone from death to greater than 85 percent in children.
- diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia
I have six brothers, and my oldest brother, Jeb, died when I was nine years old from acute lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of childhood leukemia.
- I have six brothers, and my oldest brother, Jeb, died when I was nine years old from acute lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of childhood leukemia.
Examples
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The first lay detection efforts were begun by Anne Anderson, whose son Jimmy was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in 1972.
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Although the death rates from childhood cancer are down because of better treatment, the incidence of acute lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, has increased by over 20 percent over the past two decades.
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I have six brothers, and my oldest brother, Jeb, died when I was nine years old from acute lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of childhood leukemia.
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A 10-year-old victim of acute lymphocytic leukemia, a terminal illness he's had for two years until 10:25 this morning.
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Acute leukemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Academic text (2008) -
Doctors diagnosed her with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of cancer that primarily affects young children.
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The treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia has vastly improved, leading to a survival rate over 85% for children.
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Many families are affected by acute lymphocytic leukemia, which is the most common form of leukemia in children.
Synonyms
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A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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A fast-growing blood cancer that makes many young white blood cells
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A fast cancer of the blood in which the body makes many immature white blood cells often in children
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A cancer of the blood where many young white blood cells grow and do not work properly
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A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
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Surface Forms
Morphology
acute + lymphocytic + leukemia
The phrase denotes a rapidly developing form of leukemia affecting lymphocytes and is directly compositional from 'acute' (sudden/severe) + 'lymphocytic' (relating to lymphocytes) + 'leukemia' (blood cancer). This is a standard medical naming pattern and parallels equivalents in many languages, so a learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer the overall sense.
Etymology
Acute lymphocytic leukemia is made of three parts: acute meaning 'sudden', lymphocytic from 'lymphocytes', a type of white blood cell, and leukemia meaning a 'white blood' disease. So the name describes a fast-developing cancer where young white blood cells grow quickly in the blood and bone marrow, which is why the word points to a 'sudden' problem with white blood cells.