leukaemia
noun/luːˈkiːmiə/
/luːˈkiːmiə/
(British English) (North American English leukemia)
[uncountable]- a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are produced, causing weakness and sometimes death
- The newspapers are full of stories of leukaemia clusters near nuclear establishments.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- childhood
- acute
- chronic
- …
- have
- suffer from
- contract
- …
- case
- patient
- sufferer
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek leukos ‘white’ + haima ‘blood’.Definitions on the go
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