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Noun: leukemia  loo'kee-mee-u
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: leukaemia)
  1. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues with abnormal leukocyte proliferation, one of four major cancer types
    "The child's frequent infections led to a diagnosis of leukemia";
    - leukaemia [Brit, Cdn], leucaemia [Brit], cancer of the blood

Derived forms: leukemias

Type of: cancer, malignant neoplastic disease

Encyclopedia: Leukemia, myelocytic, acute