leucemia
Portuguese, noun/lew.seˈmi.ɐ/
leucemia is spelled L-E-U-C-E-M-I-A (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leucemia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “neoplasia maligna que atinge o sangue mas que tem origem na medula óssea”.
What does leucemia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. neoplasia maligna que atinge o sangue mas que tem origem na medula óssea
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce leucemia?
- Brazil /lew.seˈmi.ɐ/
- Brazil [leʊ̯.seˈmi.ɐ]
- Portugal /lew.sɨˈmi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leucemia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leucemia in Portuguese?
leucemia appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).