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Disease that refers to white blood cells?
Leukemia, the prefix "leuke" means white blood,Leukemia is when you haev to many white blood cells.
What is the opposite of leukemia?
Thalassemia - which affect the red blood cells as oppose to white blood cells in leukemia.
What is a cancer of the cells that produce white blood cells?
Leukemia
What are the body cells affected by Leukemia?
White blood cells
Leukemia what does it mean?
The word leukemia comes from the Greek: White Blood Leukemias are the result of an abnormal development of leukocytes (white blood cells) and their precursors. Leukemia cells look different than normal cells and do not function properly.
Does leukemia occur as a result of an excess or lack of white blood cells?
Leukemia is a type of cancer that results in an overproduction of abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow. This leads to a decrease in the production of normal blood cells and can cause a lack of healthy white blood cells.
What occurs in leukemia?
over production of white cells.
Is leukemia an increase or decrease of white blood cells?
Leukemia is an increase in the number of abnormal white blood cells in the bloodstream. These abnormal cells do not function properly and can crowd out normal white blood cells, leading to a weakened immune system.
What kind of cancer causes the white blood cells to attack the red?
Leukemia is the type of cancer that can cause white blood cells to attack red blood cells. This occurs when the abnormal white blood cells recognize red blood cells as foreign and begin attacking them.
What disease is it when you have more red blood cells than white blood cells?
Leukemia.
Is leukemia found in animals or plants?
leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells in humans, not plants therefore your answer is animals.
Who is effected by leukemia?
Leukemia is when the cells in the bone marrow start rapidly multiplying out of control. Undeveloped white blood cells start circulating in the body, causing a high white blood cell count. This causes non-leukemic cells to not function properly.
