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Noun: acute leukemia  u'kyoot loo'kee-mee-u
  1. Rapidly progressing leukaemia
    "The patient was diagnosed with acute leukaemia and required immediate treatment"

Derived forms: acute leukemias

Type of: cancer of the blood, leucaemia [Brit], leukaemia [Brit, Cdn], leukemia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Acute leukemia