LEUKEMIA

leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood

(noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

leukemia (countable and uncountable, plural leukemias)

A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.

(countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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