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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary leu·ke·mia ETYMOLOGY New Latin DATE circa 1855 : an acute or chronic disease in humans and other warm-blooded animals characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the tissues and often in the blood English Etymology leukemia 1855, from Ger. Leukämie (1848), coined by R. Virchow from Gk.leukos "clear, white" (cognate with Goth. liuhaþ, O.E. leoht "light;" see light (n.)) + haima "blood" (see -emia). Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged leu·ke·mia 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 |
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