leukemia

See also: leukémia

English

Alternative forms

• leucaemia
• leucemia
• leukaemia (UK)
• leucæmia, leuchaemia, leuchemia, leukæmia, leuchæmia, leukhæmia (archaic)

Etymology

From German Leukämie, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, leuk- +‎ -emia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈkiːmi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

leukemia (countable and uncountable, plural leukemias)

2. (oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

   The subjects suffered from lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemias.

   • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:

     In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.

Derived terms

• acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• bovine leukemia
• chronic myeloid leukemia
• lymphoblastic leukemia

 

Translations

cancer of blood forming tissue

• Albanian: leukimi f, leukozë f
• Arabic: سَرَطَان دَم m (saraṭān dam)
• Armenian: լեյկեմիա (hy) (leykemia), լեյկոզ (hy) (leykoz)
• Azerbaijani: leykemiya, leykoz
• Basque: leuzemia
• Belarusian: лейкемі́я f (ljejkjemíja), лейко́з m (ljejkóz), белакро́ўе n (bjelakróŭje)
• Bulgarian: левкеми́я f (levkemíja)
• Burmese: သွေးကင်ဆာ (swe:kanghca)
• Catalan: leucèmia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白血病 (zh) (báixuèbìng, báixuěbìng, báixiěbìng), 血癌 (zh) (xuè'ái, xuě'ái, xiě'ái)

• Czech: leukemie (cs) f, leukémie (cs) f
• Danish: leukæmi (da) c
• Dutch: leukemie (nl) f
• Estonian: leukeemia (et)
• Faroese: blóðkrabbi m
• Finnish: leukemia (fi), verisyöpä (fi)
• French: leucémie (fr) f, leucose (fr) f
• Galician: leucemia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლეიკემია (leiḳemia), თეთრსისხლიანობა (tetrsisxlianoba), სისხლის გათეთრება (sisxlis gatetreba)
• German: Leukämie (de) f, Blutkrebs (de) m, Leukose f, Weißblütigkeit f (rare)
• Greek: λευχαιμία (el) f (lefchaimía)
• Hebrew: סַרְטַן הַדָּם m (saratan ha-dam), לוֹקֶמְיָה (he) f
• Hindi: रक्त का कैंसर m (rakt kā kainsar), श्वेताणु रक्तता (śvetāṇu raktatā)
• Hungarian: fehérvérűség (hu), leukémia (hu)
• Icelandic: hvítblæði n, blóðkrabbi m, blóðlýsa f (less common)
• Indonesian: leukemia (id), kanker darah
• Italian: leucemia (it) f
• Japanese: 白血病 (ja) (はっけつびょう, hakketsubyō)
• Kazakh: аққандылық (aqqandylyq), лейкемия (leikemiä), лейкоз (leikoz)
• Khmer: រោគគោលិកាស (rookkoolikaah), មហារីកគោលិកាស (mɔɔhaariikkoolikaah), មហារីកឈាម (mɔɔhaariikchiəm)
• Korean: 백혈병(白血病) (ko) (baekhyeolbyeong)
• Kyrgyz: лейкемия (leykemiya), лейкоз (ky) (leykoz)
• Latvian: leikēmija f, leikoze f, bālasinība f, asins vēzis m
• Lithuanian: leukemija f, leukozė f
• Macedonian: леуке́мија f (leukémija)
• Malay: leukemia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leukemi (no) m

• Persian: سرطان خون (fa) (saratân-e xun), لوسمی (fa) (lusemi)
• Piedmontese: leucemìa f
• Polish: białaczka (pl) f, leukemia (pl) f
• Portuguese: leucemia (pt)
• Romanian: leucemie (ro) f
• Russian: лейкеми́я (ru) f (lejkemíja), белокро́вие (ru) n (belokróvije), лейко́з (ru) m (lejkóz), алейкеми́я (ru) f (alejkemíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: леуке́мија f, белокр́вно̄ст f, бјелокр́вно̄ст f

  Roman: leukémija (sh) f, belokŕvnōst f, bjelokŕvnōst (sh) f

• Slovak: leukémia (sk) f
• Slovene: levkemija (sl) f
• Spanish: leucemia (es) f
• Swedish: leukemi (sv) c, blodcancer (sv) c
• Tajik: саратони хун (saraton-i xun), лейкемия (tg) (leykemiya), лейкоз (leykoz)
• Thai: มะเร็งเม็ดเลือดขาว (má-reng-mét-lʉ̂ʉat-kǎao)
• Turkish: lösemi (tr)
• Turkmen: leýkemiýa, leýkoz
• Ukrainian: лейкемі́я f (lejkemíja), лейко́з m (lejkóz), білокрі́в'я (uk) n (bilokrívʺja)
• Urdu: سرطان خون m (sartān xūn)
• Uzbek: leykemiya (uz), leykoz (uz)
• Vietnamese: lơ xê mi, bệnh bạch cầu
• Welsh: liwcemia

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} leucaemia, ^{(please verify)} leucemia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see German Leukämie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯kemiɑ/, [ˈle̞u̯k̟e̞ˌmiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): leu‧ke‧mi‧a

Noun

leukemia

1. leukemia

Declension

Inflection of leukemia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		leukemia	leukemiat
genitive		leukemian	leukemioiden leukemioitten
partitive		leukemiaa	leukemioita
illative		leukemiaan	leukemioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		leukemia	leukemiat
accusative	nom.	leukemia	leukemiat
	gen.	leukemian
genitive		leukemian	leukemioiden leukemioitten leukemiain rare
partitive		leukemiaa	leukemioita
inessive		leukemiassa	leukemioissa
elative		leukemiasta	leukemioista
illative		leukemiaan	leukemioihin
adessive		leukemialla	leukemioilla
ablative		leukemialta	leukemioilta
allative		leukemialle	leukemioille
essive		leukemiana	leukemioina
translative		leukemiaksi	leukemioiksi
abessive		leukemiatta	leukemioitta
instructive		—	leukemioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of leukemia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leukemiani leukemiani accusative nom. leukemiani leukemiani gen. leukemiani genitive leukemiani leukemioideni leukemioitteni leukemiaini rare partitive leukemiaani leukemioitani inessive leukemiassani leukemioissani elative leukemiastani leukemioistani illative leukemiaani leukemioihini adessive leukemiallani leukemioillani ablative leukemialtani leukemioiltani allative leukemialleni leukemioilleni essive leukemianani leukemioinani translative leukemiakseni leukemioikseni abessive leukemiattani leukemioittani instructive — — comitative — leukemioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leukemiasi leukemiasi accusative nom. leukemiasi leukemiasi gen. leukemiasi genitive leukemiasi leukemioidesi leukemioittesi leukemiaisi rare partitive leukemiaasi leukemioitasi inessive leukemiassasi leukemioissasi elative leukemiastasi leukemioistasi illative leukemiaasi leukemioihisi adessive leukemiallasi leukemioillasi ablative leukemialtasi leukemioiltasi allative leukemiallesi leukemioillesi essive leukemianasi leukemioinasi translative leukemiaksesi leukemioiksesi abessive leukemiattasi leukemioittasi instructive — — comitative — leukemioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative leukemiamme leukemiamme accusative nom. leukemiamme leukemiamme gen. leukemiamme genitive leukemiamme leukemioidemme leukemioittemme leukemiaimme rare partitive leukemiaamme leukemioitamme inessive leukemiassamme leukemioissamme elative leukemiastamme leukemioistamme illative leukemiaamme leukemioihimme adessive leukemiallamme leukemioillamme ablative leukemialtamme leukemioiltamme allative leukemiallemme leukemioillemme essive leukemianamme leukemioinamme translative leukemiaksemme leukemioiksemme abessive leukemiattamme leukemioittamme instructive — — comitative — leukemioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative leukemianne leukemianne accusative nom. leukemianne leukemianne gen. leukemianne genitive leukemianne leukemioidenne leukemioittenne leukemiainne rare partitive leukemiaanne leukemioitanne inessive leukemiassanne leukemioissanne elative leukemiastanne leukemioistanne illative leukemiaanne leukemioihinne adessive leukemiallanne leukemioillanne ablative leukemialtanne leukemioiltanne allative leukemiallenne leukemioillenne essive leukemiananne leukemioinanne translative leukemiaksenne leukemioiksenne abessive leukemiattanne leukemioittanne instructive — — comitative — leukemioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative leukemiansa leukemiansa accusative nom. leukemiansa leukemiansa gen. leukemiansa genitive leukemiansa leukemioidensa leukemioittensa leukemiainsa rare partitive leukemiaansa leukemioitaan leukemioitansa inessive leukemiassaan leukemiassansa leukemioissaan leukemioissansa elative leukemiastaan leukemiastansa leukemioistaan leukemioistansa illative leukemiaansa leukemioihinsa adessive leukemiallaan leukemiallansa leukemioillaan leukemioillansa ablative leukemialtaan leukemialtansa leukemioiltaan leukemioiltansa allative leukemialleen leukemiallensa leukemioilleen leukemioillensa essive leukemianaan leukemianansa leukemioinaan leukemioinansa translative leukemiakseen leukemiaksensa leukemioikseen leukemioiksensa abessive leukemiattaan leukemiattansa leukemioittaan leukemioittansa instructive — — comitative — leukemioineen leukemioinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• leukemiapotilas

 

Further reading

• “leukemia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02