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”).

• Rhymes: -iɐ

leucemia f (uncountable)

1. leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)

• → Tetum: leusemia

• “leucemia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “leucemia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /leuˈθemja/ [leu̯ˈθe.mja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /leuˈsemja/ [leu̯ˈse.mja] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: leu‧ce‧mia

leucemia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) leukemia

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