leukemic

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leu•ke•mi•a /luˈkimiə/   n. [uncountable]

1. Pathology an often fatal disease in which the blood-forming organs produce too many of a certain type of white blood cell.

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leu•ke•mi•a  (lo̅o̅ kē′mē ə), n. [Pathol.]

1. Pathology any 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

leu•ke′mic, adj.