Flashcards
Leukaemia key terms
Cards in this deck (15)
- 1Leukocytesa colourless sell which circulates in the blood
- 2RBCRed blood cells
- 3Plateletslittle pieces of red blood cells which help prevent and heal wounds
- 4Stem cellan undefined cell of a multicellular organism
- 5AMLAcute myeloid leukaemia
- 6steroidsNaturally produced substances
- 7Remissionwhere the serious illness improves for a short period of time 'the chemo was successful
- 8chemotherapythe use of drug control to try cure cancer
- 9radiotherapytreatment of cancer caused by the use of radiation
- 10prognosisa doctors opinion on how the illness will develop
- 11Acutesomething which isn't too serious but can lead to be serious
- 12Chronicsomething which isn't easily treated
- 13relapsebecoming ill after seeming to improve
- 14WBCWhite blood cells
- 15CMLchronic myelogenous