antileukemic
6.4
Preventing or treating cancer of the blood
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˌluːˈkiːmɪk/
- Specialized
:
antileucémico
- When we start David on his antileukemic drugs today, there's a ninety-eight percent chance he'll go into remission," he says.
Examples
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The doctor prescribed an antileukemic treatment to help fight the cancer in her blood.
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All intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and antileukemic drugs will be inserted by needle into the bulb.
Fiction book (1996) -
After several sessions of antileukemic therapy, his condition showed significant improvement.
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Research is ongoing to develop new antileukemic medications that are more effective.
Synonyms
4.2
A medicine that helps prevent or treat cancer
is limited to preventing or counteracting cancer of blood cells
4.6
Stopping or slowing the growth of tumors, especially cancerous ones
is aimed at cancers of blood cells rather than solid tumor growth
Surface Forms
antileukemic positive
Morphology
Etymology
Antileukemic breaks into anti- meaning 'against' and leukemia, a word for 'white blood' because leukemia is a disease of the white blood cells; so antileukemic describes something that fights or helps prevent that disease.
