leukemia

Other spellings

• (UK) leukaemia

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /luˈkimiə/

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Noun

Singular leukemia

Plural leukemias

1. (US) (medicine), (uncountable) Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow where you have too many blood cells (usually white blood cells).
2. (US) (medicine), (countable) A leukemia is any certain kind or type of cancer that affects the tissue that makes blood.

Related words

• leukocyte