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

Seventeen years later, she was diagnosed with leukaemia, in a family where her grandmother, mother and aunt already suffered from thyroid cancer.

From Barron's

Milly, who was being treated for leukaemia, was in remission at the time of her death.

From BBC

The first leukaemia patient to receive a breakthrough treatment since it was made available on the NHS has said it was "fantastic" and "very sci-fi".

From BBC

Comedian Hills has previously spoken about his late father, who had stomach cancer and then later leukaemia.

From BBC

T-cells are supposed to be the body's guardians - seeking out and destroying threats - but in this form of leukaemia, they grow out of control.

From BBC