leukemia
pronunciation
How to pronounce leukemia in British English:
UK [lu:'ki:mɪə]
How to pronounce leukemia in American English:
US [lu'kimɪr]
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- Noun:
- malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
Word Origin
- leukemia (n.)
- 1851, on model of German Leukämie (1848), coined by R. Virchow from Greek leukos "clear, white" (cognate with Gothic liuhaþ, Old English leoht "light;" see light (n.)) + haima "blood" (see -emia).
Example
- 1. In 2006 , he was diagnosed with acute leukemia .
- 2. Dr. wartman became the first person ever to take it for leukemia .
- 3. It may be associated with primary marrow disease such as in megakaryocytic leukemia .
- 4. Raisa herself suffered from leukemia for 10 years before her death from the disease in 1999 .
- 5. Breslin plays a daughter conceived as a donor for her older sister , who has leukemia .