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# leukaemia

noun (leukaemia — uncountable)

«leukaemia» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons about blood cells; in stories and real life, children and adults can have leukaemia and many get better with treatment like chemotherapy; charities raise money for research; phrases: childhood leukaemia.

### Examples

- My cousin had leukaemia and got better after treatment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#x1)
- Leukaemia affects the white blood cells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#x2)
- Doctors treat leukaemia with medicines called chemotherapy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#x3)
- Our school raised money for leukaemia research. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#x4)
- You cannot catch leukaemia from someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/#x5)

### Note

UK spelling «leukaemia»; US «leukemia». Say it «loo-KEE-mee-uh». Uncountable. Myth trap: it is not contagious. Many children with leukaemia today are cured.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leukaemia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leukaemia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leukaemia.html) on Mova free.