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leukemia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /luːˈkiːmi.ə/

Etymology

From German Leukämie, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, leuk- + -emia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.
   • The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.
   • In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance. 2012 January 14, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2014, page 87:

Forms

Deriveds

myeloleukemia · leukemia cutis · leukemogenesis · lymphoblastic leukemia · radioleukemia · leukemoid · chloroleukemia · preleukemia · erythroleukemia · nonleukemia · antileukemia · chronic myeloid leukemia · acute lymphoblastic leukemia · bovine leukemia · leukemic · leukemogenic

Translations (105)

fi verisyöpä (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh бјелокр́вно̄ст (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sl levkemija (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ru лейкеми́я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ca leucèmia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sq leukimi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · cy liwcemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lt leukemija (cancer of blood forming tissue) · eu leuzemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · de Weißblütigkeit (cancer of blood forming tissue) · cmn 血癌 (cancer of blood forming tissue) · th มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tk leýkoz (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sk leukémia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · pl leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tg саратони хун (cancer of blood forming tissue) · de Blutkrebs (cancer of blood forming tissue) · km មហារីកគោលិកាស (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ar سَرَطَان دَم (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ka თეთრსისხლიანობა (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hy լեյկեմիա (cancer of blood forming tissue) · uz leykoz (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tg лейкемия (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fa لوسمی (cancer of blood forming tissue) · uk білокрі́в'я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fr leucose (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lt leukozė (cancer of blood forming tissue) · km រោគគោលិកាស (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hu fehérvérűség (cancer of blood forming tissue) · pl białaczka (cancer of blood forming tissue) · be белакро́ўе (cancer of blood forming tissue) · id leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · kk аққандылық (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tg лейкоз (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ru белокро́вие (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ur سرطان خون (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hy լեյկոզ (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ro leucemie (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ky лейкемия (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lv leikēmija (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ka ლეიკემია (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fr leucémie (cancer of blood forming tissue) · de Leukämie (cancer of blood forming tissue) · he לוֹקֶמְיָה (cancer of blood forming tissue) · pms leucemìa (cancer of blood forming tissue) · gl leucemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · be лейкемі́я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ka სისხლის გათეთრება (cancer of blood forming tissue) · bg левкеми́я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · is blóðlýsa (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sv leukemi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ky лейкоз (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fi leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lv bālasinība (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh леуке́мија (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ja 白血病 (cancer of blood forming tissue) · az leykemiya (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tr lösemi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · he סַרְטַן הַדָּם (cancer of blood forming tissue) · pt leucemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh bjelokŕvnōst (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hi श्वेताणु रक्तता (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sq leukozë (cancer of blood forming tissue) · my သွေးကင်ဆာ (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fa سرطان خون (cancer of blood forming tissue) · es leucemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · mk леуке́мија (cancer of blood forming tissue) · cs leukémie (cancer of blood forming tissue) · uk лейкемі́я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · vi lơ xê mi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · it leucemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lv asins vēzis (cancer of blood forming tissue) · cmn 白血病 (cancer of blood forming tissue) · be лейко́з (cancer of blood forming tissue) · cs leukemie (cancer of blood forming tissue) · de Leukose (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh белокр́вно̄ст (cancer of blood forming tissue) · uk лейко́з (cancer of blood forming tissue) · vi bệnh bạch cầu (cancer of blood forming tissue) · is blóðkrabbi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ko 백혈병 (cancer of blood forming tissue) · fo blóðkrabbi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sv blodcancer (cancer of blood forming tissue) · vi máu trắng (cancer of blood forming tissue) · kk лейкемия (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hu leukémia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · lv leikoze (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh leukémija (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ru алейкеми́я (cancer of blood forming tissue) · is hvítblæði (cancer of blood forming tissue) · uz leykemiya (cancer of blood forming tissue) · km មហារីកឈាម (cancer of blood forming tissue) · hi रक्त का कैंसर (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ru лейко́з (cancer of blood forming tissue) · az leykoz (cancer of blood forming tissue) · id kanker darah (cancer of blood forming tissue) · nb leukemi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · et leukeemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · da leukæmi (cancer of blood forming tissue) · ms leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) · tk leýkemiýa (cancer of blood forming tissue) · sh belokŕvnōst (cancer of blood forming tissue) · el λευχαιμία (cancer of blood forming tissue) · kk лейкоз (cancer of blood forming tissue) · nl leukemie (cancer of blood forming tissue)

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