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leukaemia

UK ( US leukemia)
 
 
/luːˈkiːmiə/ noun [U]

Translation

a serious disease in which a person's body produces too many white blood cells
kan kanseri, lösemi
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(Definition of leukaemia noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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