Leucaemia (Noun)
Meaning
Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a type of cancer that progresses slowly and is often diagnosed in older adults.
- The doctor explained that leukaemia is a malignant neoplasm that affects the blood-forming tissues in the body.
- The patient underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy to treat the acute lymphoblastic leukaemia that had spread to her central nervous system.
- Leukaemia is one of the four major types of cancer, and it is characterized by the abnormal proliferation of leukocytes in the body.