- leukemia (n.)
[leukemia 词源字典]
- 1851, on model of German Leukämie (1848), coined by R. Virchow from Greek leukos "clear, white" (cognate with Gothic liuhaþ, Old English leoht "light;" see light (n.)) + haima "blood" (see -emia).[leukemia etymology, leukemia origin, 英语词源]