Chekupedzisira, rondedzero yekutanga yakaburitswa yechiitiko cheleukemia mumabhuku ekurapa yakatanga muna 1827, apo chiremba wechiFrench Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau akarondedzera murapi wemaruva ane makore makumi matanhatu nematatu akawana chirwere chinoratidzwa nefivha, kushaya simba, matombo emudumbu, uye kuwedzera kwakakura kwechiropa nemasero. Velpeau akacherekedza ropa remunhu uyu raive ne "kufanana ne gruel", uye akafungidzira kuoneka kweropa kwaive nekuda kwemapupu machena. Muna 1845, vanhu vakafa ne "marara uye kuenderana kwemasero eropa ravo" zvakataurwa nemurapi wezvechiremba weEdinburgh J.H. Bennett; akashandisa izwi rekuti "cocythoemia" kurondedzera iyi yakaipa pathological. Izwi rekuti "leukemia" rakanyorwa naChristian Mossrow rakagadzirwa naRudolf Virchow, chiremba wechirwere chechirwere chechirwere chechirwere chechirwere chechirwere, Rudolf Virchow, uye nekuwedzera kwakakurumidza ku
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