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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: leukos 'white' + -aimia (from haima 'blood')

leukemia

 noun
     
leu‧ke‧mi‧a also leukaemia British English [uncountable]
MI a type of cancer of the blood, that causes weakness and sometimes death
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