leucaemia
- noun
- /luˈkiːmiə/
- UK
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leucemia
- She was diagnosed with leukaemia, which caused her to have unusually high white blood cell counts.
So is it morally acceptable to create a simulation where a young girl dies of leukemia?
- So is it morally acceptable to create a simulation where a young girl dies of leukemia?
- He's seen me just out of prison, addict, smoking weed, and he was dying with leukemia.
- Because I didn't have a great understanding of, yeah, you're not a doctor, What leukemia is like, you hear things or and I didn't.
Examples
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Start with leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL most common cancer of children.
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Guys, this is Peter, our social editor, survivor of leukemia and prior at the Lord concert.
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Because I didn't have a great understanding of, yeah, you're not a doctor, What leukemia is like, you hear things or and I didn't.
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The doctor explained that leukaemia is a type of cancer that affects blood cells.
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After her treatment, he became an advocate for awareness about leukaemia and its symptoms.
Synonyms
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4.6
A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
leucaemia = leuca + emia
The word is formed from medical combining forms (leuca- 'white' + -emia 'blood condition') that are not productive or obvious to an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not directly derivable from familiar English words.
Etymology
Leucaemia comes from the Greek parts leukos 'white' and haima 'blood'. So, it means 'white blood' and that helps you remember it is a cancer where the body makes too many white blood cells.