leukemia
English
/luːˈkiːmi.ə/
noun
Definitions
- A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
- (countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Leukämie derived from Ancient Greek λευκός (white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λευκός
Gloss
white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antileukemia English
- antileukemic English
- erythroleukemia English
- erythroleukemic English
- erythroleukemogenesis English
- leucine English
- leucophanite English
- leukemic English
- leukemogenesis English
- leukemoid English
- leuko- English
- myeloleukemia English
- myeloleukemic English
- nonleukemia English
- nonleukemic English
- preleukemia English
- preleukemic English
- Leukante Latin
- Lucentum Latin
- leucocyta Latin
- leucogaster Latin
- leucomelas Latin
- leucops Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- leucopus Latin
- vīrus Latin
- Leukämie German
- λευκός German
- leuco- Italian
- leukemie Dutch, Flemish
- leucémie French
- белокровие Russian
- лейкемия Russian
- Λευκάς Ancient Greek
- Λευκοθέα Ancient Greek
- Λεύκιππος Ancient Greek
- λευκάκανθα Ancient Greek
- λευκάνθεμον Ancient Greek
- λευκίσκος Ancient Greek
- λευκομέλας Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- λευκότερος Ancient Greek
- λευκόφθαλμος Ancient Greek
- λευκόχρυσος Ancient Greek
- λεύκη Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- leoca- Irish
- λευκο- Greek (modern)
- λευκός Greek (modern)
- λεύκουρος Greek (modern)