| Question | Answer |
| Leukocytes | a colourless sell which circulates in the blood |
| RBC | Red blood cells |
| Platelets | little pieces of red blood cells which help prevent and heal wounds |
| Stem cell | an undefined cell of a multicellular organism |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukaemia |
| steroids | Naturally produced substances |
| Remission | where the serious illness improves for a short period of time 'the chemo was successful |
| chemotherapy | the use of drug control to try cure cancer |
| radiotherapy | treatment of cancer caused by the use of radiation |
| prognosis | a doctors opinion on how the illness will develop |
| Acute | something which isn't too serious but can lead to be serious |
| Chronic | something which isn't easily treated |
| relapse | becoming ill after seeming to improve |
| WBC | White blood cells |
| CML | chronic myelogenous |
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