blood cancer
blood cancer · blood cancers
A form of cancer that attacks blood, bone marrow, or lymphatic systemA form of cancer that attacks blood, bone marrow, or lymphatic system.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A form of cancer that attacks blood, bone marrow, or lymphatic system.
Leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma are the principal types of blood cancer.
Examples
1 sentencesBone marrow transplants have become routine in the West for blood cancers, such as leukemia, and similar diseases.
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: blood cancers| Singular | blood cancer |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.