Associations to the word «Leukemia»

Wiktionary

LEUKEMIA, noun. A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
LEUKEMIA, noun. (countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.

Dictionary definition

LEUKEMIA, noun. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats