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Leukemia, the prefix "leuke" means white blood,Leukemia is when you haev to many white blood cells.

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What kind of blood fight disease?

White Blood cells help fight disease. You can get a type of cancer if you don't have enough white blood cells.


What cells that fight disease?

White blood cells


What are the risks of a patient with the least number if white blood cells?

A low amount of white blood cells will cause an increase in illness and disease. This is because white blood cells are used to fight disease and illnesses. Everyday, thousands of bacteria and viruses enter the body and the white blood cells fight the them. With a lower count of white blood cells, you are more susceptible to disease as your body won't be able to fight the disease as efficiently.


What are the cells which fight disease in the body?

These are white blood cells.


These are the cells which fight disease in the body?

white blood cells


What are blood cells that fight disease?

White Blood Corpuscles are the cells in the blood that fight diseases.


Where did the disease leukemia get its name?

Leukemia was named in 1845. The name refers to the fact that it generally affects white blood cells, and comes from the Greek leukos ("white"), and haima, ("blood")


Does your body is protected from disease by red blood cells?

no. white blood cells and antibodies


What disease is it when you have more red blood cells than white blood cells?

Leukemia.


What disease will appear if there is an elevation of white blood cells?

White blood cells increase in number to fight an infection or 'disease'. It is part of the body's immune response.


Which component of blood helps fight disease?

Langerhan's Cells (also called epidermal dendritic cells) -They are phagocytes that ingest foreign substances and help to activate our immune system.


What is white blood disease called today?

White blood disease is an old name for leukemia. There are many more white blood cells than there should be.