| 释义 |
leu·ke·mia
noun
also leu·kae·mia \lüˈkēmēə\; or leu·ce·mia or leu·cae·mia \“ also -üˈsē-\
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from leuc- + -emia
: an acute or chronic disease of unknown cause in man and other warm-blooded animals that involves the blood-forming organs, is characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of leukocytes in the tissues of the body with or without a corresponding increase of those in the circulating blood, and is classified according to the type of leukocyte most prominently involved |