leukaemia

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of leukaemia

C19: from _leuco- + Greek haima blood

Example Sentences

Her seven-year-old daughter Gracie had over two years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, after she was diagnosed at the age of three.

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But when Caitlin was diagnosed with leukaemia last April and Grace prepared to donate stem cells, they were told by doctors they were monozygotic - identical - twins, created when a fertilised egg splits into two.

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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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