Leukaemia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leukaemia is a noun meaning (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of leukemia.
Meaning
(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of leukemia.
Example Sentences
2010, Sheryl Persson, Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical Breakthroughs That Changed the World, Exisle Publishing, NSW, page 283, There are different types of childhood leukaemia, which can be classified as acute or chronic. In children, about 98 per cent of leukaemias are acute.
1979, Medical Association of South Africa, South African Medical Journal, Volume 55, Issues 1-14, page 9, On the other hand, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a prominent complication in patients with acute leukaemia and to this must be added the whole spectrum of opportunistic infections.
2009, M. C. G. Israëls, The Shortcomings of Animal Research in Leukæmia, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Leukaemia Research, page 28, In transmitted mouse leukaemia the cells remain fixed in type, but tissue culture methods applied to human acute leukaemias show that these cells are not fixed in type.
Word Forms
- leukaemias
Synonyms for leukaemia
Depending on context, synonyms include leukemia.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leukemia, myelogenic, feline, leukaemias, lymphoma, cancer.
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