leucoma

English

Alternative forms

• leukoma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma). By surface analysis, leuco- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l(j)uːˈkəʊ.mə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /luˈkoʊ.mə/
• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

leucoma (plural leucomas or leucomata)

1. (pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye

Derived terms

• leucomatous

Translations

opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye

• Catalan: leucoma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角膜白斑 (jiǎomó báibān), 白斑 (zh) (báibān)

• Finnish: leukooma (fi)
• French: leucome (fr) m
• German: Nebelfleck m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄργεμον n (árgemon)

• Gujarati: ફૂલું (phūlũ)
• Hausa: hakiya
• Italian: leucoma m
• Japanese: 白斑 (ja) (はくはん, hakuhan)
• Polish: bielmo (pl) n, blachmal m (archaic)
• Russian: лейко́ма (ru) f (lejkóma), бельмо́ (ru) n (belʹmó)
• Spanish: leucoma (es) m
• Ukrainian: більмо́ (uk) n (bilʹmó), лейко́ма f (lejkóma)

Anagrams

• caulome

Italian

Etymology

From leuco- +‎ -oma.

Noun

leucoma m (plural leucomi)

1. (pathology) leucoma

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leuˈkoma/ [leu̯ˈko.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: leu‧co‧ma

Noun

leucoma f (plural leucomas)

1. (pathology) leucoma

Further reading

• “leucoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10