leukaemia

Noun

Meaning

Leucocythaemia.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

leukemia leucaemia cancer of the blood carcinoma sarcoma tumor enzootic AML melanoma cel carcinogenic leukemic leukosis leukaemic leucosis

Hypernyms

cancer malignant neoplastic disease

Hyponyms

chronic leukemia acute leukemia granulocytic leukemia myelocytic leukemia monocytic leukemia histiocytic leukaemia

Related terms

leukaemic

Phrases with the word

lymphoblastic leukaemia acute lymphoblastic leukaemia lymphocytic leukaemia lymphoid leukaemia biclonal leukaemia leukaemia cutis

Anagrams

aleukemia eukalemia

Examples

After the success of Born Free, a composer named Walter Scharf called me and said he was working on a song for a movie called Ben, about a boy with leukaemia whose best friend is a rat. Source: Internet

Childhood leukaemia is successfully treated in up to 90 per cent of sufferers but Dr Lim said more research was needed to help the remaining 10 per cent. Source: Internet

Esme was given a stem cell transplant in September 2018 alongside three rounds of chemotherapy but after six months the leukaemia returned in the child's bone marrow. Source: Internet

If a GP suspects leukaemia, they will arrange a blood test to determine blood cell production. Source: Internet

Liya Gumusoz, one, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia - a rare and aggressive type of cancer - which affects one in 3,100 people. Source: Internet

Eight-year-old Sinead died in 1990 after she developed leukaemia. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

leuenkephalin Leuk leuk- leukaemia cutis leukaemiavirus leukaemic