leukaemia

leukaemia

(luːˈkiːmɪə) or

leukemia

n

(Pathology) an acute or chronic disease characterized by a gross proliferation of leucocytes, which crowd into the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, etc, and suppress the blood-forming apparatus. Also called (esp formerly): leucocythaemia

[C19: from leuco- + Greek haima blood]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

leukaemia - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia cancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream acute leukemia - rapidly progressing leukemia chronic leukemia - slowly progressing leukemia lymphocytic leukemia - leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia - leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood myeloblastic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream granulocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

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Translations

الّلُوكِيمْيَالوكيميا: سَرَطان الدَّم

leukémie

leukæmi

Leukämie

λευχαιμία

leucemia

leukemia

leucémie

סרטן הדם

leukemija

fehérvérûségleukémia

kanker darahleukemia

hvítblæîi

leucemia

白血病

백혈병

leucaemialeucemia

baltakraujystėleukozė

leikēmija, bālasinība

leukemie

leukemiblodkreft

białaczka

leucemia

лейкемия

leukémia

leukemi

โรคที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวมากเกินไป

lösemikan kanseri

bệnh bạch cầu

白血病

leukaemia

leukemia (US) [luːˈkiːmɪə] N → leucemia f

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leukaemia

[luːˈkiːmiə] (British) leukemia (US) n → leucémie f
to have leukaemia → avoir la leucémie

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leukaemia

, (US) leukemia

n → Leukämie f

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leukaemia

leukemia (Am) [luːˈkiːmɪə] n → leucemia

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leukaemia

(American) leukemia (luːˈkiːmiə) noun

a disease that causes white blood cells to multiply abnormally in the body. leukemie لوكيميا: سَرَطان الدَّم левкемия leucemia leukémie die Leukämie leukæmi λευχαιμίαleucemia leukeemia سرطان خون leukemia leucémieלויקמיה, סרטן הדם श्वेतरक्तता leukemija leukémia, fehérvérűség leukemia hvítblæði leucemia 白血病 백혈병 leukozė, baltakraujystė leikēmija, bālasinība leukemia leukemieleukemi, blodkreftbiałaczka د وينى سرطان leucemia leucemie лейкемия leukémia levkemija leukemija leukemi โรคชนิดหนึ่งที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวผิดปกติ lösemi, kan kanseri 白血病 лейкемія خون کا سرطان bệnh bạch cầu 白血病

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leukaemia

→ الّلُوكِيمْيَا leukémie leukæmi Leukämie λευχαιμία leucemia leukemia leucémie leukemija leucemia 白血病 백혈병 leukemie leukemi białaczka leucemia лейкемия leukemi โรคที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวมากเกินไป lösemi bệnh bạch cầu 白血病

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