leucemia

Malignant white cells

Leucemia is a Spanish and Portuguese spelling of leukemia—cancer of blood-forming tissues that produces abnormal white blood cells.

The spelling reflects the original Greek root (leukos, meaning white) more directly than the English version.

In medical contexts across Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries: Le diagnosticaron leucemia.

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sangre

Blood, in Spanish

types

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symptoms

hematomas

Blood accumulations under skin

research

oncogenes

Cancer-causing genetic sequences

Opposites
health status

leucemiasalud

Spanish for wellness

cancer type

leucemiacarcinoma

Epithelial malignant tumor

sarcoma · melanoma · glioblastoma

Family

leukemia, leukemic, leucocyte, leukocyte

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