Meanings
plural leukemias · alternative leucaemia · alternative leucemia · alternative Commonwealth leukaemia · alternative dated leukæmia · alternative archaic leucæmia · alternative archaic leuchaemia · alternative archaic leuchemia · alternative archaic leuchæmia · alternative archaic leukhæmia
- countableuncountablemedicineAny 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.
The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.
1 more example
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.
2012 January 28, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2014, page 87
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmalignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekλευκός“white”
- GermanLeukämie
- Englishleukemia
From German Leukämie, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, leuk- + -emia.
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Arabic سَرَطَان دَم
- سَرَطَان دَم (saraṭān dam)cancer of blood forming tissue
Basque leuzemia
- leuzemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Bulgarian левкеми́я
- левкеми́я (levkemíja)cancer of blood forming tissue
Catalan leucèmia
- leucèmiacancer of blood forming tissue
Chinese Mandarin 白血病, 血癌
- 白血病 (báixuèbìng, báixuěbìng, báixiěbìng)cancer of blood forming tissue
- 血癌 (xuè'ái, xuě'ái, xiě'ái)cancer of blood forming tissue
Czech leukemie, leukémie
- leukemiecancer of blood forming tissue
- leukémiecancer of blood forming tissue
Danish leukæmi
- leukæmicancer of blood forming tissue
Dutch leukemie
- leukemiecancer of blood forming tissue
Estonian leukeemia
- leukeemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Finnish leukemia, verisyöpä
- leukemiacancer of blood forming tissue
- verisyöpäcancer of blood forming tissue
French leucémie, leucose
- leucémiecancer of blood forming tissue
- leucosecancer of blood forming tissue
German Leukämie, Blutkrebs
- Leukämiecancer of blood forming tissue
- Blutkrebscancer of blood forming tissue
- Leukosecancer of blood forming tissue
- Weißblütigkeitcancer of blood forming tissue
Greek λευχαιμία
- λευχαιμία (lefchaimía)cancer of blood forming tissue
Hebrew סַרְטַן הַדָּם, לוֹקֶמְיָה
- סַרְטַן הַדָּם (saratan ha-dam)cancer of blood forming tissue
- לוֹקֶמְיָהcancer of blood forming tissue
Hindi रक्त का कैंसर, श्वेताणु रक्तता
- रक्त का कैंसर (rakt kā kainsar)cancer of blood forming tissue
- श्वेताणु रक्तता (śvetāṇu raktatā)cancer of blood forming tissue
Hungarian fehérvérűség, leukémia
- fehérvérűségcancer of blood forming tissue
- leukémiacancer of blood forming tissue
Icelandic hvítblæði, blóðkrabbi
- hvítblæðicancer of blood forming tissue
- blóðkrabbicancer of blood forming tissue
- blóðlýsacancer of blood forming tissue
Indonesian leukemia, kanker darah
- leukemiacancer of blood forming tissue
- kanker darahcancer of blood forming tissue
Italian leucemia
- leucemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Japanese 白血病
- 白血病 (hakketsubyō)cancer of blood forming tissue
Korean 백혈병
- 백혈병 (baekhyeolbyeong)cancer of blood forming tissue
Latvian leikēmija, leikoze
- leikēmijacancer of blood forming tissue
- leikozecancer of blood forming tissue
- bālasinībacancer of blood forming tissue
- asins vēziscancer of blood forming tissue
Lithuanian leukemija, leukozė
- leukemijacancer of blood forming tissue
- leukozėcancer of blood forming tissue
Malay leukemia
- leukemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Norwegian Bokmål leukemi
- leukemicancer of blood forming tissue
Persian سرطان خون, لوسمی
- سرطان خون (saratân-e xun)cancer of blood forming tissue
- لوسمی (lusemi)cancer of blood forming tissue
Polish białaczka, leukemia
- białaczkacancer of blood forming tissue
- leukemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Portuguese leucemia
- leucemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Romanian leucemie
- leucemiecancer of blood forming tissue
Russian лейкеми́я, белокро́вие
- лейкеми́я (lejkemíja)cancer of blood forming tissue
- белокро́вие (belokróvije)cancer of blood forming tissue
- лейко́з (lejkóz)cancer of blood forming tissue
- алейкеми́я (alejkemíja)cancer of blood forming tissue
Slovak leukémia
- leukémiacancer of blood forming tissue
Spanish leucemia
- leucemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Swedish leukemi, blodcancer
- leukemicancer of blood forming tissue
- blodcancercancer of blood forming tissue
Thai มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว
- มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว (má-reng-mét-lʉ̂ʉat-kǎao)cancer of blood forming tissue
Turkish lösemi
- lösemicancer of blood forming tissue
Ukrainian лейкемі́я, лейко́з
- лейкемі́я (lejkemíja)cancer of blood forming tissue
- лейко́з (lejkóz)cancer of blood forming tissue
- білокрі́в'я (bilokrívʺja)cancer of blood forming tissue
Urdu سرطان خون
- سرطان خون (sartān xūn)cancer of blood forming tissue
Vietnamese lơ xê mi, bệnh bạch cầu
- lơ xê micancer of blood forming tissue
- bệnh bạch cầucancer of blood forming tissue
- máu trắngcancer of blood forming tissue
Welsh liwcemia
- liwcemiacancer of blood forming tissue
Cite this entry
leukemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukemia
“leukemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leukemia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukemia.
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