leukaemia

leukaemia
    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}]
    

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
    

leukaemia \leu*k[ae]"mi*a\ (l[-u]*k[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), n.
   A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are
   largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the
   spleen, or the lymphatic glands; formerly called
   {leucocythaemia}. It is due to a cancer of the bone marrow,
   and results in anemia and increased susceptibility to
   infectious disease. [Also spelled {leucemia} and
   {leuchaemia}.]
   [1913 Webster +PJC] Leuke