aleukæmic, a. Path.
(æl(j)uːˈkiːmɪk, eɪ-)
Also -emic.
[f. a- 14 + leukæmic a.]
Not characterized by a high white-cell count; esp. in aleukæmic leukæmia.
| 1904 A. Stengel in Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CXXVIII. 524 Some authorities regarded the latter [sc. splenic anæmia] as an aleukæmic variety of splenic leukæmia. 1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 562 Aleukemic leukemia, a form of leukemia in which the total leukocyte count is normal, despite leukemic changes in the tissues and qualitative changes in the blood. 1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 64/2 When splenomegaly occurred alone the initial diagnosis was often obscure, and 3 cases had been diagnosed as aleukæmic leukæmia. |