See Also: leukochloroma(medicine)

acronym (oh) and leukochloroma (medicine)


acronym (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: acr- 'beginning, end' (from Greek akr-, from akros; ACROBAT) + -onym (as in homonym)]
a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization. For example NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

leukochloroma (medicine)


leukochloroma
<tumour> Synonym: myelocytomatosis.

Origin: Leuko-+ G. Chloros, green, + -oma, tumour