‖ leucocythæmia Path.
(ˈl(j)uːkəʊsɪˈθiːmɪə)
Also leucocythemia.
[f. leuco- + Gr. κύτος -cyte + αἷµα blood.]
J. H. Bennett's name for leukæmia.
| 1852 J. H. Bennett (title) Leucocythæmia or White Cell⁓blood in Relation to the Physiology and Pathology of the Lymphatic Glandular System. 1885 Woodhead Pract. Pathol. (ed. 2) 128 Leucocythemia of the Liver. |
Hence leucocyˈthæmic (also -emic) a., affected with or characterized by leucocythæmia.
| 1873 C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 41 Gelatin..is sometimes found in the blood of leucocythæmic patients. 1876 [see leukæmia]. |