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noun
leukaemia, leukemia  n.  (Also spelled leucemia and leuchaemia)  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.





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... leukemia (leucemia, leukaemia, leucaemia) Disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals involving the blood-forming organs; causes an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues with or without a corresponding ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter


Words linked to "Leukaemia" :   lymphocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia, malignant neoplastic disease, myeloblastic leukemia, leucaemia, leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia


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