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leukemia

/luːˈkiːmi.ə/noun4 syllables

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

Synonyms for leukemia3

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

leukaemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood

What does leukemia mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with leukemia?3

four syllables

anemiabohemia

five syllables

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Leukemia in a sentence

  • My uncle has been diagnosed with leukemia.CK
  • He died from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.boscowitch
  • The doctor found a high amount of neutrophils in my blood in perhaps a sign of leukemia.Eccles17
  • Damiano has developed leukemia due to radiation.Amastan
  • Oleg soon got leukemia and died.Amastan
  • Bone marrow transplants have become routine in the West for blood cancers, such as leukemia, and similar diseases.Cangarejo
  • Tom has been diagnosed with leukemia.CK
  • Neither Tom nor Mary has been diagnosed with leukemia.CK

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Forms of leukemia

as a noun

plural
leukemias