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