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leuchemia

leuchemia is the archaic form of leukemia.

Meaning of leukemia

Noun

leukemia (countable and uncountable, plural leukemias)

  1. 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.
    • The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.

Forms of leuchemia

pluralleuchemias

Questions about leuchemia

What is leuchemia the archaic form of?
Leuchemia is the archaic form of leukemia.

Words near leuchemia in the dictionary

  1. leucemic
  2. leucencephalopathy
  3. leucenol
  4. leuchaemia
  5. Leuchars
  6. leuchemia
  7. leuchemias
  8. leuchtenbergite
  9. leuchtenbergites
  10. leuchæmia
  11. leucic acid

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