leuco-

Save This Word!

variant of leuko-.

QUIZ

TAKE JOY IN ACING THIS QUIZ ON “PRIDE” SYNONYMS

Hold your head up high as you embark on this quiz that explores some of the synonyms and meanings of “pride.”

Question 1 of 7

What does "dignity" mean?

showing self-respect

treating others with kindness

acting selfishly

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also especially before a vowel, leuc-.

Words nearby leuco-

leucemia, leucine, leucinuria, Leucippus, leucite, leuco-, leuco base, leucoblast, leucocratic, leucocyte, leucocytosis

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use leuco- in a sentence

I have been unable to find figures for the heat exchange during oxidation of leuco-dyes, but it is no doubt also small.
The Nature of Animal Light|E. Newton Harvey

British Dictionary definitions for leuco-

leuco-

leuko-, before a vowel leuc- or before a vowel leuk-

combining form

white or lacking colourleucocyte; leucorrhoea; leukaemia

Word Origin for leuco-

from Greek leukos white

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for leuco-

leuco-

pref.

Variant ofleuko-