leukemic
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a word derived from
leukemia.
leukemianounany of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
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The team is now investigating whether lysosomal dysfunction in aging stem cells contributes to the development of leukemic stem cells, potentially connecting normal stem cell aging with cancer formation.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
A humanized bone marrow ossicle xenotransplantation model enables improved engraftment of healthy and leukemic human hematopoietic cells.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
Identifying other targets would be a boon, Dr. Grupp said, because sometimes leukemic cells lacking CD19 proliferate, escape the treatment and cause relapse.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2017
As a result, I watched leukemic patients die.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 14, 2015
Thymic compression yields readily to radium and the roentgenray, and the tuberculous and leukemic adenitides are sometimes favorably influenced by the same agents.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson