leuk-

variant of leuko- before a vowel.

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Thursday’s ceremony in France notably paid tribute to Diesel, a police dog killed in a raid targeting the mastermind of the Paris attacks in 2015, and to Leuk, an assault dog of the French military killed by an extremist in Mali in 2019.

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The police chief in Kandal’s Leuk Daek district, Am Thou, said the accident occurred as the boat was approaching the shore.

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Mak Leuk’s parents died of disease when she was 11 years old.

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When she was in high school, Ma Syloun visited the court with her mother, Mak Leuk, whose younger sister was taken in for questioning by the Khmer Rouge and never seen again.

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At Ma Simet’s funeral in late January, in a shaded pagoda complex rebuilt after the Khmer Rouge destroyed it, his mother, Mak Leuk, received the mourners.

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When To Use

�� does leuk- mean?

Leuk- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “white” or "white blood cell." It is often used in medical terms, especially in pathology.Leuk- comes from the Greek ��ܰ�ó��, meaning “white, bright.”Leuk- is a variant of leuko-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.The combining form leuc-, as in leucoline, is a common variant of leuk-.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use leuko-, leuc-, and leuco- articles.

Leu enkephalin leukaemia

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