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leukaemia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leukaemia has 1 sense
- leukaemia(n = noun.state) cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer; Array is a kind of cancer, malignant neoplastic disease
has particulars: acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia, myeloblastic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia
OXFORD DICTIONARY
leukaemia, n. (US leukemia) Med. any of a group of malignant diseases in which the bone-marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of leucocytes.
Derivative
leukaemic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. G Leuk{auml}mie f. Gk leukos white + haima blood
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