definition of leukemia
leukemia leuÂ·keÂ·miÂ·a (lÅÅ-kÄ'mÄ-É) n. Any of various acute or chronic neoplastic diseases of the bone marrow in which unrestrained proliferation of white blood cells occurs and which is usually accompanied by anemia, impaired blood clotting, and enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen.