белокровие

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1859. бе́лый (bélyj, white) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ кровь (krovʹ, blood) +‎ -ие (-ije), calque of New Latin leucaemia, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, white) + αἷμα (haîma, blood).

Pronunciation

Noun

белокро́вие (belokróvijen inan (genitive белокро́вия, nominative plural белокро́вия, genitive plural белокро́вий)

  1. leukemia
    Synonyms: алейкеми́я (alejkemíja), лейкеми́я (lejkemíja), лейко́з (lejkóz)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “белокровие”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 53