leukaemia

/ luːˈkiːmɪə /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of leukaemia¹

C19: from _leuco- + Greek haima blood

Example Sentences

But he died of leukaemia aged just 15.

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The couple were married within a week of meeting and had three children, moving to England to seek treatment when their two-year-old daughter Ambika was diagnosed with leukaemia.

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In the years that followed many survivors suffered from leukaemia or other severe side effects of radiation.

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Survivors allege they have suffered cancers of the liver, bone, bowel, skin and brain, as well as leukaemia, heart disease, stillbirths and generational birth defects as a result of exposure to the nuclear tests.

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The musician and charity fundraiser died last month aged 66 after living with cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995 and later having chronic lymphocytic leukaemia twice.

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