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radioleukemia

radioleukemia noun: leukemia induced by radiation.

Noun

radioleukemia (countable and uncountable, plural radioleukemias)

  1. (uncommon) Leukemia induced by radiation.
    • We have just seen the C57 BI mice are sensitive to the extract of radioleukaemia—as young AkR are sensitive to superinfection with the AkR virus. This fact is not favourable to the proviral hypothesis. However, it does not rule it out if one supposes that the ‘virogenized’ cells may be different...1962, R. Latarjet, J-F. Duplan, L. Chamaillard, P. Monnot, A. Palaysi, “Experiment and discussion on leukaemogenesis by cell-free extracts of radiation-induced leukaemia in mice”, in International...

Forms of radioleukemia

pluralradioleukemias
alternative formradioleukaemia

Origin of radioleukemia

From radio- + leukemia.

Questions about radioleukemia

What does radioleukemia mean?
Radioleukemia means leukemia induced by radiation.
What part of speech is radioleukemia?
Radioleukemia is a noun.
What is the plural of radioleukemia?
The plural of radioleukemia is radioleukemias.

Words near radioleukemia in the dictionary

  1. radiolead
  2. radioles
  3. radiolesion
  4. radiolesions
  5. radioless
  6. radioleukemia
  7. radioli
  8. radioligand
  9. radioligands
  10. radiolike
  11. radiolite

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