Leukaemia is an English word with synonyms like leukemia or cancer. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Leukaemia in a sentence
Leukaemia meaning
Alternative spelling of leukemia.
Using Leukaemia
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- Useful related words include: leukemia, leucaemia, cancer, malignant neoplastic disease.
- In the example corpus, leukaemia often appears in combinations such as: with leukaemia, leukaemia in, of leukaemia.
Context around Leukaemia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leukaemia
- In this selection, "leukaemia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, myeloid, acute, cancer, survivor, lymphoma and participants stand out and add context to how "leukaemia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acute leukaemia is classified and acute myeloid leukaemia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leukaemia" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aficionados, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leukaemia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She is diagnosed with terminal Acute myeloid leukaemia. (8 words)
Acute leukaemia is classified according to the type of white blood cells affected. (13 words)
Katie Wilkins, aged 14, died of a rare form of leukaemia in July 2020. (14 words)
Paul lost his husband David just over two years ago to leukaemia after a yearlong battle and after his mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia and was moved to a specialist nursing home, he decided to move to Deal in Kent to be near her. (45 words)
The governor was said to have died of prolonged leukaemia at a state house hospital in on Wednesday morning, December 27. Multiple media cited a reliable source over the death of the governor, who died at the age of 67. (40 words)
In 2002 Birkin was diagnosed with leukaemia, but by 2006 she had made her directorial debut with the autobiographical family drama Boxes, which she also wrote and starred in, along with Chaplin, Piccoli, John Hurt and her daughter Lou. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The match has been organised by leukaemia survivor Chrissy Quigley, 39, with all money raised split between the cancer ward and a local child with leukaemia - with previous beneficiaries including Bradley Lowery.
Acute leukaemia is classified according to the type of white blood cells affected.
Acute myeloid leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells, causing them to start dividing uncontrollably and become abnormal — leaving them unable to fight infections.
A leader in the areas of Transplantation and urology, it has a strong presence in oncology drugs in the areas of prostate cancer, leukaemia and other cancers.
And then, six years after her first diagnosis of leukaemia, we had to face what no family is ever ready to face.
Any disease of the haematopoietic stem cell - be it leukaemia, lymphoma or platelet or stem cell, can be treated by the haematopoeitic stem cell transplant, Dr. Chandy said.
A teenager has given back to the hospital ward which cared for her as she battled leukaemia by providing patients with hundreds of toys.
Cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of a chemical linked to a higher risk of leukaemia and other blood cell cancers, finds an alarming study.
Ellie Burnett (front row, fifth from the left) with some of the other Legs 4 Leukaemia participants.
In 2002 Birkin was diagnosed with leukaemia, but by 2006 she had made her directorial debut with the autobiographical family drama Boxes, which she also wrote and starred in, along with Chaplin, Piccoli, John Hurt and her daughter Lou.
Katie Wilkins, aged 14, died of a rare form of leukaemia in July 2020.
Katrina praises the work of the Leukaemia Foundation, and it recently released a report revealing how the city-country divide is needlessly costing lives.
Little Molemo Modibogo, 5, had beat leukaemia after undergoing treatment at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital's Zakithi Nkosi Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Clinic.
Paul lost his husband David just over two years ago to leukaemia after a yearlong battle and after his mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia and was moved to a specialist nursing home, he decided to move to Deal in Kent to be near her.
She is diagnosed with terminal Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Simon lost his first wife to Acute myeloid leukaemia few days after she was admitted to the Churchill Hospital for treatment.
The 29-year-old carries out vital work at the Paul O’Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre at Gartnavel Hospital as a post-doctoral researcher.
The charity is the driving force behind the call for a national annual spend of £35 million in order to improve survival rates and patient outcomes in line with other cancers such as breast cancer and leukaemia.
The governor was said to have died of prolonged leukaemia at a state house hospital in on Wednesday morning, December 27. Multiple media cited a reliable source over the death of the governor, who died at the age of 67.
Two weeks after Ben Parton's funeral in 2019, his brother, Jack, was told he had leukaemia.
Common combinations with leukaemia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with leukaemia 15×
- leukaemia in 11×
- of leukaemia 8×
- myeloid leukaemia 7×
- leukaemia and 7×
- the leukaemia 5×
- lymphoblastic leukaemia 5×
- acute leukaemia 4×
- to leukaemia 4×
- for leukaemia 4×