'leukemia' definitions:

Definition of 'leukemia'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]

Definition of 'leukemia'

From: 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