chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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- noun
- /ˈkrɒnɪk ˌlɪmfəˈsɪtɪk luˈkɛmɪə/
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leucemia linfocítica crónica
- The risk included a greater-than-expected number of cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which many experts did not consider to be associated with radiation exposure in the past.
- patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Examples
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Ms. Bull shared her diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, explaining the challenges of living with this illness.
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The study showed that chronic lymphocytic leukemia often leads to various complications affecting the overall health of patients.
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The molecular network that influences the development of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was revealed by the study.
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The first patient had chronic lymphocytic leukemia and subsequently developed a tongue ulcer.
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Unfortunately, my brother, Allan, went into the hospital with complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia on June 30th.
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Peripheral blood immunophenotyping was consistent with a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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He died of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a deadly disease that he had struggled with since 1991.
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It also challenges the idea that chronic lymphocytic leukemia is not linked to radiation exposure—something that earlier studies of atomic bomb survivors had seemed to support.
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Every year, doctors diagnose over 20,000 people in the United States with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of cancer that primarily affects older adults.
Synonyms
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A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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An illness where the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells called lymphocytes, causing swollen lymph glands
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A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
A long-lasting cancer of the blood cells that gets worse slowly over years
A cancer of the blood that makes too many white blood cells
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Surface Forms
Morphology
chronic + lymphocytic + leukemia
Each component contributes a clear, regular meaning: 'chronic' = long-lasting, 'lymphocytic' = relating to lymphocytes, and 'leukemia' = a blood/immune-system cancer. Combined in a standard medical compound, the phrase straightforwardly means a long-lasting leukemia affecting lymphocytes, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a medical name that tells the story: chronic means 'long-lasting', lymphocytic refers to lymphocytes, a kind of white blood cell, and leukemia means 'blood cancer'. So, the name helps you remember it is a slow cancer where the body makes too many of these white blood cells.