leucoma

English

Alternative forms

leukoma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma). By surface analysis, leuco- +‎ -oma.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l(j)uːˈkəʊ.mə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /luˈkoʊ.mə/
Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

leucoma (plural leucomas or leucomata)

(pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye

Derived terms

leucomatous

Translations

opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye

Catalan: leucoma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 角膜白斑 (jiǎomó báibān), 白斑 (zh) (báibān)
Finnish: leukooma (fi)
French: leucome (fr) m
German: Nebelfleck m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἄργεμον n (árgemon)
Gujarati: ફૂલું (phūlũ)
Hausa: hakiya
Italian: leucoma m
Japanese: 白斑 (ja) (はくはん, hakuhan)
Polish: bielmo (pl) n, blachmal m (archaic)
Russian: лейко́ма (ru) f (lejkóma), бельмо́ (ru) n (belʹmó)
Spanish: leucoma (es) m
Ukrainian: більмо́ (uk) n (bilʹmó), лейко́ма f (lejkóma)

Anagrams

caulome

Italian

Etymology

From leuco- +‎ -oma.

Noun

leucoma m (plural leucomi)

(pathology) leucoma

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leuˈkoma/ [leu̯ˈko.ma]
Rhymes: -oma
Syllabification: leu‧co‧ma

Noun

leucoma f (plural leucomas)

(pathology) leucoma

Further reading

“leucoma”, 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