{ ||Leu`co*cy*thæ"mi*a||Leu`co*cy*the"mi*a }
(lū`k?*sī*thē"mĭ*ȧ),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white +
ky`tos a hollow vessel + a"i^ma blood.]
(Med.)A disease in which the white corpuscles of the
blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of
the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchæmia.