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# leukaemia

«leukaemia» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (leukaemia — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [In Birmingham, Precious's brother has leukaemia, a blood cancer, and is in hospital for months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/18/)
- [Leukaemia is a kind of blood cancer; it cannot be caught from another person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leukaemia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leukaemia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.