Search Result for "leukaemia": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

leukaemia \leu*k[ae]"mi*a\ (l[-u]*k[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), n. A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; formerly called leucocythaemia. It is due to a cancer of the bone marrow, and results in anemia and increased susceptibility to infectious disease. [Also spelled leucemia and leuchaemia.] [1913 Webster +PJC] Leuke
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

leukaemia n 1: 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]