noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/l(j)uːˈkəʊ̯.mə/
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General-American:/luˈkoʊ̯.mə/
rhymes with -əʊmə
1
noun
Meaning 1
An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leukoma
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eye disease
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma). By surface analysis, leuco- + -oma.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
leucoma
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Chinese Mandarin:
角膜白斑
(jiǎomó báibān)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Chinese Mandarin:
白斑
(báibān)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Finnish:
leukooma
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
French:
leucome
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
German:
Nebelfleck
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Greek:
λεύκωμα
(léfkoma)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Ancient Greek:
ἄργεμον
(árgemon)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Gujarati:
ફૂલું
(phūlũ)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Hausa:
hakiya
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Italian:
leucoma
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Japanese:
白斑
(hakuhan)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Polish:
bielmo
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Polish:
blachmal
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Russian:
лейко́ма
(lejkóma)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Russian:
бельмо́
(belʹmó)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Spanish:
leucoma
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Turkish:
misafir
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Turkish:
akbenek
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Turkish:
lökom
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Ukrainian:
більмо́
(bilʹmó)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
Ukrainian:
лейко́ма
(lejkóma)
— opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
