leu‧ke‧mi‧a (
also leukaemia British English) /luːˈkiːmiə/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Greek;
Origin: leukos 'white' + -aimia (from haima 'blood')]
a type of
cancer of the blood, that causes weakness and sometimes death
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