leukemia
109
4.6
- noun
- /luˈkimēə/
- Specialized
:
leucemia
- About a year ago, our beloved Sheriff lost his battle to leukemia.
- childhood leukemia
- leukemia in children
- treat leukemia
My, my dad has a form of leukemia.
- My, my dad has a form of leukemia.
- And now he is cancer free, leukemia free.
- This is so real that you can heal yourself of leukemia.
- Reggie was in Parkers with us, but when my mum got leukemia they'd sent a bouquet of flowers.
- And the is the data being used to prove that you got lymphoma or leukemia from that?
- I look like, I sort of look like Conor McGregor in this shot, if Conor McGregor had leukemia.
- They had cancer, they had AIDS, they had leukemia, They had debilitating injuries somewhere in wheelchairs.
- And ultimately, after a couple of weeks of being misdiagnosed, I learned that after nearly a decade in remission, my leukemia was back.
- And, and at that point my, my father had gotten ill and, and then passed away from cancer, from a, a, a rare type of leukemia.
- She passed away recently from leukemia and bunch of blood diseases, and I think that could be because of what she did.
- I have six brothers, and my oldest brother, Jeb, died when I was nine years old from acute lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of childhood leukemia.
Examples
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After months of treatment, the doctors announced that his leukemia was in remission.
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He died of leukemia.
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When I was really young, she had leukemia.
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How many other people, both adults and children, have died of leukemia since then?
Academic text (1997) -
Tell him that your son just got diagnosed with leukemia.
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Within a year, she would be dead of leukemia, as yet undiagnosed.
Academic text (2002) -
His older sister has leukemia and is currently in the hospital recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
Academic text (2012) -
My son has leukemia.
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She has leukemia.
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I have six brothers, and my oldest brother, Jeb, died when I was nine years old from acute lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of childhood leukemia.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
5
8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
2
6.0
An illness where the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells called lymphocytes, causing swollen lymph glands
1
5.6
A long term blood cancer that makes many abnormal white blood cells and affects older adults
1
5.3
A fast-growing blood cancer that makes many young white blood cells
1
5.7
A fast cancer of the blood in which the body makes many immature white blood cells often in children
1
4.2
A slow cancer of the white blood cells that starts in the bone marrow and is common in older adults
1
7.7
A cancer of the blood where many young white blood cells grow and do not work properly
1
3.8
A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
1
4.4
A fast-developing blood cancer where immature white blood cells build up, often in children
A cancer of the blood that makes too many white blood cells
A long-lasting cancer of the blood cells that gets worse slowly over years
A fast-growing blood and bone marrow cancer that makes many immature white blood cells
A fast cancer of the blood that makes many abnormal white blood cells and often affects teenagers and young adults
A cancer that makes the body produce many young white blood cells in the blood
A cancer that makes too many young white blood cells
A blood cancer that makes too many young white blood cells
A long-lasting blood cancer that makes too many white blood cells, often in older people
A blood cancer with too many monocytes, a type of white blood cell
A blood cancer in which one kind of white blood cell becomes too many
A blood cancer in which certain white blood cells called monocytes and their young forms are too many
A serious blood cancer where immature white blood cells build up in bone marrow and blood
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.0
An illness where the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells called lymphocytes, causing swollen lymph glands
- Specialized
1
5.6
A long term blood cancer that makes many abnormal white blood cells and affects older adults
- Specialized
1
5.3
A fast-growing blood cancer that makes many young white blood cells
- Specialized
1
4.2
A slow cancer of the white blood cells that starts in the bone marrow and is common in older adults
- Specialized
1
5.7
A fast cancer of the blood in which the body makes many immature white blood cells often in children
- Specialized
1
7.7
A cancer of the blood where many young white blood cells grow and do not work properly
- Specialized
1
4.4
A fast-developing blood cancer where immature white blood cells build up, often in children
- Specialized
A long-lasting cancer of the blood cells that gets worse slowly over years
- Specialized
A long-lasting blood cancer that makes too many white blood cells, often in older people
- Specialized
A fast cancer of the blood that makes many abnormal white blood cells and often affects teenagers and young adults
- Specialized
A fast-growing blood and bone marrow cancer that makes many immature white blood cells
- Specialized
A blood cancer in which one kind of white blood cell becomes too many
- Specialized
A blood cancer with too many monocytes, a type of white blood cell
- Specialized
A blood cancer in which certain white blood cells called monocytes and their young forms are too many
- Specialized
A virus that infects people and can cause a blood cancer of white blood cells called T cells
- Specialized
A cancer that makes the body produce many young white blood cells in the blood
How Serious
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3.7
66
4.3
- Specialized
109
4.6
13
3.0
∞
2.3
600
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
leukemia = leuk + emia
The parts are Greek combining forms (not standalone English words), so an average B1 learner cannot derive the medical meaning from the components without specialised knowledge.
Etymology
Leukemia comes from Greek parts leuk- meaning 'white' and -emia meaning 'blood'. So leukemia literally means 'white blood', which helps you remember it is a cancer of the white blood cells in the blood.