'leukemia' definitions:

Definition of 'leukemia'

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

Synonyms of 'leukemia'

From: Moby Thesaurus

acute leukemia,
anemia,
angiohemophilia,
aplastic anemia,
Christmas disease,
chronic leukemia,
cyclic neutropenia,
erythrocytosis,
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease,
hemoglobinopathy,
hemophilia,
hemophilia A,
hemophilia B,
hypochromic anemia,
infectious granuloma,
iron deficiency anemia,
Letterer-Siwe syndrome,
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

Words containing 'leukemia'

acute leukemia,
chronic leukemia,
granulocytic leukemia,
histiocytic leukemia,
lymphoblastic leukemia,
lymphocytic leukemia,
monoblastic leukemia,
monocytic leukemia,
myeloblastic leukemia,
myelocytic leukemia,
myeloid leukemia,
acute lymphoblastic leukemia,
acute lymphocytic leukemia,
acute myelocytic leukemia,
acute myeloid leukemia,
chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
chronic myelocytic leukemia,
human t-cell leukemia virus-1