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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leu•ke•mi•a /luˈkimiə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Pathologyan often fatal disease in which the blood-forming organs produce too many of a certain type of white blood cell.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leu•ke•mi•a (lo̅o̅ kē′mē ə),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Pathologyany of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
Also, leucemia. - German Leukämie (1848). See leuco-, -emia
- earlier leuchaemia 1850–55
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