Leukemia

Pronunciation: /luːˈkiːmiːə/

Leukemia (noun)

  1. A disease where abnormal white blood cells grow too fast and crowd out normal blood cells.
  2. A cancer that usually starts in bone marrow, where blood cells are made, then spreads into blood.

Examples

  • Leukemia is a blood cancer that affects how blood cells grow.
  • Doctors treat leukemia as a blood cancer using medicines and monitoring.