leukaemia

British

/ luːˈkiːmɪə /

noun

an acute or chronic disease characterized by a gross proliferation of leucocytes, which crowd into the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, etc, and suppress the blood-forming apparatus

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Etymology

Origin of leukaemia

C19: from _leuco- + Greek haima blood

Example Sentences

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During this time, Caitlin learned the leukaemia had spread to her skin and joined a clinical trial in Manchester to treat it.

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The 2008 report was carried out after the authority received a tip-off about four people who had lived there developing leukaemia.

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"When they said they were testing for leukaemia, my heart sank," Rachael said.

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"Unfortunately, my late wife had leukaemia and she had little time to live," he said.

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Among the patients who died was 10-year-old Milly Main, who acquired an infection while in remission for leukaemia, and 84 children were infected.

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