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Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /luːˈkiːmiə/
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Substantiv
1.leukemi {en}amerikansk engelska
2.blodcancer {en}amerikansk engelska

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (US) A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
  2. (US, countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.

Exempel

  • 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.
  • The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.

Böjningsformer

Pluralleukemias