leukemic
/luːˈkiːmɪk/adjective, noun
leukemic is spelled L-E-U-K-E-M-I-C: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, leukemic means “Relating to leukemia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in leukemic?
| Letters | 8: L-E-U-K-E-M-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is leukemic?
Leukemic appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce leukemic?
- /luːˈkiːmɪk/
- /luːˈkɛmɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-leukemic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of leukemic
- leukemics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does leukemic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to leukemia
noun
- 1
A person who has leukemia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Leukemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to leukemia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | leucémique |
| Portuguese | leucêmico, leucémico |
| Spanish | leucémico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does leukemic come from?
From leukemia + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).