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leukaemia

noun
🔊/luːˈkiːmiə/
🔊/luːˈkiːmiə/
 (British English)
(North American English leukemia)
[uncountable]
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  1. a serious disease in which too many white blood cells are produced, causing weakness and sometimes death白血病
    • The newspapers are full of stories of leukaemia clusters near nuclear establishments.报章满是在核设施附近发现白血病患者群的报道。
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • childhood
    • acute
    • chronic
    • …
    verb + leukaemia/​leukemia
    • have
    • suffer from
    • contract
    • …
    leukaemia/​leukemia + noun
    • case
    • patient
    • sufferer
    • …
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek leukos ‘white’ + haima ‘blood’.