Leukemia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leukemia
       n : malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized
           by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four
           major types of cancer [syn: {leukaemia}, {leucaemia}, {cancer
           of the blood}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "leukemia":
     Christmas disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease,
     Letterer-Siwe syndrome, acute leukemia, anemia, angiohemophilia,
     aplastic anemia, chronic leukemia, cyclic neutropenia,
     erythrocytosis, hemoglobinopathy, hemophilia, hemophilia A,
     hemophilia B, hypochromic anemia, infectious granuloma,
     iron deficiency anemia, leukemic reticuloendotheliosis,
     macrocytic anemia, multiple myeloma, myelogenous leukemia,
     neutropenia, pernicious anemia, plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytoma,
     polycythemia, pseudoleukemia, purpura, purpura hemorrhagica,
     sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia, vascular hemophilia