— leukotic /looh kot"ik/ , adj.
/looh koh"sis/ , n. Vet. Pathol.
any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
Also, leucosis . Also called avian leukosis .
[ 1700-10; leúkosis leucoma. See LEUKO-, -OSIS ]