leucemia
See also: leucèmia
English edit
Noun edit
leucemia (countable and uncountable, plural leucemias)
- Alternative spelling of leukemia
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
leucemia (uncountable)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leucemia f (plural leucemie)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ leucemia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From French leucémie (“leukemia”), from German Leukämie (“leukemia”), from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leucemia f (uncountable)
- leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)
Derived terms edit
- leucemia linfocítica
- leucemia linfocítica aguda (LLA)
- leucemia linfocítica crônica (LLC)
- leucemia mielóide
- leucemia mielóide aguda (LMA)
- leucemia mielóide crônica (LMC)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Leukämie, a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “pale, white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /leuˈθemja/ [leu̯ˈθe.mja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /leuˈsemja/ [leu̯ˈse.mja]
- Rhymes: -emja
- Syllabification: leu‧ce‧mia
Noun edit
leucemia f (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “leucemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014