Leukaemia

Definition: Leukaemia

Leukaemia

Noun

1. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.

Domain	Definitions
Health	An acute or chronic disease of unknown cause in man and other warm-blooded animals that involves the blood-forming organs, is characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of leucocytes in the tissues of the body with or without a corresponding increase of those in the circulating blood, and is classified according of the type leucocyte most prominently involved. (references)
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Synonyms: Leukaemia

Synonyms: cancer of the blood (n), leukemia (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Leukaemia

English words defined with "leukaemia": histiocytic leukaemia ♦ monoblstic leukaemia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "leukaemia": avian erythroblastosis, avian leukosis ♦ bactérias do solo ♦ erythroid leukosis ♦ occupational leukaemia. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Adult T-Cell Leukaemia in Japan (Hematology Reviews and Communications Series) (reference) Childhood Leukaemia (reference) Chronic Granulocytic Leukaemia (reference) Genetic Rearrangements in Leukaemia and Lymphoma (Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Vol 2) (reference) Leukaemia Diagnosis: A Guide to the Fab Classification (reference) (more book examples)
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"Leukaemia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.68% of the time. "Leukaemia" is used about 463 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.68%	443	13,068
Noun (proper)	4.32%	20	78,262
Total	100.00%	463	N/A

Expressions using "leukaemia": histiocytic leukaemia ♦ monoblstic leukaemia ♦ occupational leukaemia. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "leukaemia": anti-leukaemia.
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Language		Translations for "leukaemia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		leukimi (leucaemia, leukemia). (various references)

Chinese		白血病 (leukemia). (various references)

Danish		leukæmi, ondartet sygdomsgruppe med utilstrækkelig modning af visse elementer i det hvide blodbillede, leukæmi. (various references)

Dutch		leukemie (leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia). (various references)

Finnish		leukemia (leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia, occupational leukaemia), verisyöpä (leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia, occupational leukaemia). (various references)

French		leucémie (f). (various references)

German		leukämie (leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia, occupational leukaemia). (various references)

Greek		λευχαιμία (leukaimia, leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia). (various references)

Italian		leucemia (bovine leukosis, leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia, lymphosarcoma, malignant lymphoma). (various references)

Korean		백혈병 (leukemia). (various references)

Manx		baneaghey foalley. (various references)

Pig Latin		eukaemialay

Portuguese		leucemia (leukemia, leukocyte, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia). (various references)

Russian		лейкоз, лейкемия (leukemia), белокровие. (various references)

Spanish		leucemia (bovine leukosis, leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia, lymphosarcoma, malignant lymphoma). (various references)

Swedish		leukemi (leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia), blodkräfta (leukemia). (various references)

Thai		ลูคีเมีย (leukemia). (various references)

Turkish		lösemi (leukemia), kan kanseri (leukemia). (various references)

Ukranian		лейкемія (leucaemia). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "leukaemia": leukaemias. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-k-l-m-u"
	-1 letter: leukemia.
	-3 letters: kalium, kalmia, lamiae, mealie, meikle.
	-4 letters: akela, alike, elemi, email, ileum, kalam, kelim, lamia, maile, miaul, ulama, ulema, umiak.
	-5 letters: akee, alae, alee, alma, alme, alum, amia, amie, emeu, ilea, ilka, kail, kale, kame, kami, keel, lake, lama, lame, leak, leek, leke, leku, lieu, like, lima, lime, mail, make, male, maul, meal.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-k-l-m-u"
	+1 letter: leukaemias.
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