CHRONIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic leukemia mean? 

• CHRONIC LEUKEMIA (noun)
  The noun CHRONIC LEUKEMIA has 1 sense:

1. slowly progressing leukemia

  Familiarity information: CHRONIC LEUKEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slowly progressing leukemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("chronic leukemia" is a kind of...):

cancer of the blood; leucaemia; leukaemia; leukemia (malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chronic leukemia"):

chronic lymphocytic leukemia (chronic leukemia characterized by lymphoblast-like cells; more common in older men)

chronic myelocytic leukemia; myeloid leukemia (chronic leukemia characterized by granular leukocytes; more common in older people)

 Context examples 

A drug used to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma, advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic leukemia, mycosis fungoides, and a type of lung cancer called bronchogenic carcinoma.

(Mechlorethamine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Acute leukemia is a fast growing type while chronic leukemia grows slowly.

(Childhood Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Cutaneous involvement by an acute or chronic leukemia.

(Leukemia Cutis, NCI Thesaurus)

Infiltration of the meninges by an acute or chronic leukemia.

(Meningeal leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic leukemia grows slowly.

(Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)