leucemia

leucemia (countable and uncountable, plural leucemias)

1. Alternative spelling of leukemia

leucemia (uncountable)

1. leukemia

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛw.t͡ʃeˈmi.a/, /lew.t͡ʃeˈmi.a/[1]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: leu‧ce‧mì‧a

leucemia f (plural leucemie)

1. (oncology) leukemia

• leucemico

From French leucémie (“leukemia”), from German Leukämie (“leukemia”), from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

leucemia f (uncountable)

1. leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)

• leucemia linfocítica
• leucemia linfocítica aguda (LLA)
• leucemia linfocítica crônica (LLC)
• leucemia mielóide
• leucemia mielóide aguda (LMA)
• leucemia mielóide crônica (LMC)

• leucêmico

Borrowed from German Leukämie, a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “pale, white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /leuˈθemja/ [leu̯ˈθe.mja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /leuˈsemja/ [leu̯ˈse.mja]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: leu‧ce‧mia

leucemia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) leukemia

• “leucemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014