lymphocytic leukemia
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- noun
- /ˌlɪmfəˈsɪtɪk luˈkiːmiə/
- Specialized
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leucemia linfocítica
- He learned that lymphocytic leukemia often leads to swelling of the lymph nodes and requires careful monitoring.
- chronic 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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She is seven years old and has acute lymphocytic leukemia that has responded to chemotherapy.
Fiction book (1996) -
The doctor explained that lymphocytic leukemia results in high levels of lymphocytes in the bloodstream.
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" He does, in fact, have acute lymphocytic leukemia."
Fiction book (1996) -
The cure rate for acute lymphocytic leukemia has gone from death to greater than 85 percent in children.
Blog text (19) -
The molecular network that influences the development of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was revealed by the study.
Blog text (1) -
Unfortunately, my brother, Allan, went into the hospital with complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia on June 30th.
Blog text (22) -
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.
Academic text (1997) -
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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After her diagnosis of lymphocytic leukemia, she started treatment to reduce the count of lymphocytic cells.
Synonyms
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A slow cancer of the white blood cells that starts in the bone marrow and is common in older adults
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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 fast-developing blood cancer where immature white blood cells build up, often in children
How Rapid
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently compositional: 'lymphocytic' means relating to lymphocytes and 'leukemia' is a blood/immune-system cancer, so the combined meaning — a leukemia involving lymphocytic cells — is directly derivable from the parts. Although technically medical in register, this morphological pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE's basic meaning.
Etymology
Lymphocytic leukemia literally describes the condition: lymphocytic comes from lymphocyte, a 'white blood cell', and leukemia comes from old words meaning 'white blood'. So the name means 'a cancer with too many lymphocytes in the blood', which explains the disease.