define leukamia?

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Answer 1

Hairy cell leukemia is a type of chronic lymphoid leukemia. It is uncommon, representing about 2% of all leukemias, or less than 1000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. Originally known as leukemic reticuloendotheliosis, hairy cell leukemia was first described by Bertha Bouroncle, M.D. and her colleagues at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1958.

Most patients are white males over the age of 40, although it has been diagnosed in teenagers. Men are four to five times more likely to develop hairy cell leukemia than women. It does not appear to be hereditary, although occasional familial cases have been reported, usually showing a common HLA type. The cause is unknown, but generally believed not to be caused by tobacco, ionizing radiation, pesticides, or industrial chemicals other than possibly diesel. Farming and gardening appear to increase the risk in some studies.

Answer 2

White cells are being eating by the red cells...Lots of blood is released through the body and people get exhausted nd loss their color and their begins to show signs of edem

Shared a dinner with a friend that had Leukemia, and they couldn't hold the food on their stomach, when we went for a walk on the beach and their nose started to bleed, and when they laid down on a beach towel and started to cough up blood.

Leukemia rob their health but did not stop them from dreaming of blue skies and ocean blue waters and a paradise of beautiful flowers with tall trees with bird chirping beautifully.

Answer 3

Leukemia (leukaemia) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow
see on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia

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Answer 4

Blood disease, where white cells are being eaten, by the Red Blood Cancer.