Acting against leukemia; relating to drugs or treatments that fight blood cancers.
From anti- + leukemic (relating to leukemia, from Greek leukos, white, + -emia, blood condition). Medical terminology combining ancient and modern elements.
Antileukemic drugs transformed childhood leukemia from a death sentence into a treatable disease—drugs like methotrexate, developed mid-20th century, saved millions of lives.
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