lymphoblastic leukemia

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A type of lymphocytic leukemia characterized by abnormal, often immature, lymphocytic cells or by the presence of unusually large numbers of immature lymphocytes occurring together with adult lymphocytes.

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Words nearby lymphoblastic leukemia

lymph node permeability factor, lymph nodes, lymph nodule, lympho-, lymphoblast, lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoblastic lymphoma, lymphoblastoma, lymphoblastosis, lymphocytapheresis, lymphocyte

How to use lymphoblastic leukemia in a sentence

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, though she folded more than 1,000 cranes, she died of leukemia on October 25, 1955.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation|Clifton Truman Daniel|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year the FDA approved its use for another kind of leukemia that affects children.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gleevec treats myeloid leukemia and has turned a terminal disease into a chronic one for many patients.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Diagnosed with refractory acute myeloid leukemia at age 7, Sam was very brave but also very sick.
36 Rabbis Shave for the Brave to Raise Money to Fight Childhood Cancer|John L. Smith|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It occurs in well-marked cases of pernicious anemia and leukemia, and, much less commonly, in very severe symptomatic anemias.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
(c) They are decreased in chronic lymphatic leukemia, and greatly increased in the myelogenous form.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Pathologically, normoblasts occur in severe symptomatic anemia, leukemia, and pernicious anemia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A marked increase, accompanied by an increase in the total leukocyte count, is seen in pertussis and lymphatic leukemia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A notable increase is limited almost exclusively to myelogenous leukemia, where they are sometimes very numerous.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd