Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leukemia

/luːˈkiːmi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: leukemia
IPA: /luːˈkiːmi.ə/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias."
"In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Leukämie, λευκός

Usage

Inflected Forms

leukemias (plural) leucaemia (alternative) leucemia (alternative) leukaemia (alternative, Commonwealth) leukæmia (alternative, dated) leucæmia (alternative, archaic) leuchaemia (alternative, archaic) leuchemia (alternative, archaic) leuchæmia (alternative, archaic) leukhæmia (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

antileukemia chloroleukemia erythroleukemia leukemic leukemogenesis leukemogenic leukemoid myeloleukemia nonleukemia preleukemia radioleukemia

Phrases

acute lymphoblastic leukemia bovine leukemia chronic myeloid leukemia leukemia cutis lymphoblastic leukemia

Synonyms

leukaemia leucaemia cancer of the blood

Rhymes With

academia anemia bohemia hypoglycemia euphemia uremia geremia bulemia femia

Questions

How do you pronounce leukemia?: The recorded pronunciation is /luːˈkiːmi.ə/.
What does leukemia mean?: 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.
Where does leukemia come from?: It is traced to German.

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