leukemia

/luːˈkiːmiə/

nounleu · ke · mi · a

Remember: **LEU-KE-MI-A** sounds like “**LOO-KEY-ME-uh**” — *the disease with a “key” in the middle*: leu-**ke**-mi-a.

Yes, it's leukemia. Tricky part: **leu** at the start (not **lu** or **lew**) and **-emia** at the end (not **-aemia** in US spelling).

Definition

  1. nounA cancer of the blood-forming tissues (especially bone marrow) that causes the body to produce abnormal white blood cells.

Examples

  • “The doctor explained that leukemia affects how the body makes healthy blood cells.”
  • “Researchers are testing new treatments to help children with leukemia.”
  • “After months of therapy, her leukemia went into remission.”

Synonyms

blood cancerhematologic cancerhematological malignancyleukaemia

Translations

ES leucemiaPT leucemiaFR leucémie

Common misspellings

lukemialeukimialeukemealeukemiaaleukemiaeleukamialeukaemialeukemia

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