Usually means: Cancer affecting blood and bone marrow.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. leukemia: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. leukemia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leukemia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leukemia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leukemia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Leukemia, leukemia: Wordnik
  7. leukemia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. leukemia: Wiktionary
  9. leukemia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. leukemia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. leukemia: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. leukemia: Dictionary.com
  13. leukemia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. leukemia: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Leukemia (journal), Leukemia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. leukemia: Rhymezone
  17. leukemia: Free Dictionary
  18. leukemia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. leukemia: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  20. leukemia: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -leukemia: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leukemia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Leukemia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Leukemia: Merck Manuals
  5. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  8. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  9. Leukemia: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. leukemia: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. leukemia: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  12. -leukemia, leukemia: Medical dictionary
  13. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Leukemia: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Leukemia: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  4. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. Leukemia: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leukemia: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

(Note: See leukemias as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  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.

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