leukemia

CEFRC1

/luːˈkiːmi.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A serious disease in which the body makes too many abnormal blood cells.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • My uncle has been diagnosed with leukemia.

  • Neither Tom nor Mary has been diagnosed with leukemia.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Deep Dive

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In context

  • He died from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

  • The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.

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The blood test results confirmed that the patient had acute blank, a cancer of the bone marrow.

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Origin

noun

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