EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
leukemia...
Ignominy; debasement; affront...
affectation, fussiness, pretentiousness (colloquia...
Pang-uri
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/lu-KEM-ya/
FIL: Isang uri ng kanser na nakakaapekto sa dugo at bone marrow, kung saan labis ang produksyon ng mga abnormal na white blood cell.
EN: leukemia
This is the Tagalized spelling of the medical term 'leukemia.' Walang hugot dito, it's a serious illness. You'll hear this in hospitals, in teleseryes when a main character gets sick, or in news reports about health.
From Spanish "leucemia", from New Latin "leukaemia".
This is a direct loanword, spelled phonetically according to Tagalog orthography.
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🇵🇭 Na-diagnose siyang may lukemya noong isang taon.
🇺🇸 He was diagnosed with leukemia last year.
🇵🇭 Maraming paraan ng panggagamot para sa lukemya sa kasalukuyan.
🇺🇸 There are many treatments for leukemia nowadays.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.