Definition of «leukemic»

The term "leukemic" refers to something related to leukemia, which is a type of blood cancer that affects the bone marrow and results in an overproduction of immature white blood cells. Leukemic can be used as an adjective to describe symptoms or characteristics associated with this condition, such as "leukemic cells" meaning abnormal white blood cells produced by leukemia patients.

Phrases with «leukemic»

Sentences with «leukemic»

Researchers have discovered that specific cancer - causing genes associated with leukemias can transform mature white blood cells into leukemic cells that have all the properties of stem cells. (hhmi.org)
Many clinical studies have found that FLT3 ITD mutations are associated with higher concentrations of leukemic cells in both blood and bone marrow, increased incidence of relapse and decreased overall survival. (invivoscribe.com)
They were also enriched for genes expressed in leukemic stem cells of poor - prognosis AML. (massgenomics.org)
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