Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Leukämie, Blutkrebs, Leukose

    лейкеми́яlejkemíja, белокро́виеbelokróvije, лейко́зlejkóz

    лейкемі́яlejkemíja, лейко́зlejkóz, білокрі́в'яbilokrívʺja

    malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Tom has been diagnosed with leukemia.

    ruУ Тома диагностировали лейкемию. — alik_farber

    deBei Tom wurde Leukämie diagnostiziert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My uncle has been diagnosed with leukemia.

    ruМоему дяде диагностировали лейкемию. — GranD

    deBei meinem Onkel wurde Leukämie diagnostiziert. — Zaghawa

  3. Neither Tom nor Mary has been diagnosed with leukemia.

  4. Tom had leukemia.

    ruУ Тома был лейкоз. — marafon

    deTom hatte Leukämie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. My aunt died of leukemia.

    ruМоя тётя умерла от лейкемии. — odexed

    deMeine Tante ist an Leukämie gestorben. — Sudajaengi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cancer of blood forming tissue:
Русский
By meaning 1
cancer of blood forming tissue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cancer of blood forming tissue:

Origin

From German Leukämie, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

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

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