leuchæmia

A form of leukemia — Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

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Meanings

nounleuchæmia (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of leukemia.

    The fact is that leuchæmia is only a special kind of anæmia.

    1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, “Text‐book of the principles and practice of medicine”, in Diseases of the Blood, volume II, page 625
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