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[syn: leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leuchaemia \Leu*ch[ae]"mi*a\ (l[-u]*k[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. leyko`s white + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
See Leukemia. [Written also leukemia, leukaemia,a nd
leucemia.]
-- Leu*ch[ae]m"ic (l[-u]*k[e^]m"[i^]k), a. [Written also
leukemic and leukaemic.]
[1913 Webster] Leucic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
leukemia
n 1: malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized
by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four
major types of cancer [syn: leukemia, leukaemia,
leucaemia, cancer of the blood]