Meanings
plural leukorrheas · alternative leukorrhoea · alternative leukorrhœa · alternative leucorrhea · alternative leucorrhoea · alternative leucorrhœa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThick, whitish vaginal discharge.
More synonyms by meaning
noundischarge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekλευκός“white”
- Englishleukorrhea
From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”). By surface analysis, leuko- + -rrhea.
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Chinese Cantonese 白帶 /白带
- 白帶 /白带 (baak⁶ daai³)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
Chinese Mandarin 白帶 /白带
- 白帶 /白带 (báidài)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
Finnish valkovuoto
- valkovuotothick, whitish vaginal discharge
French leucorrhée
- leucorrhéethick, whitish vaginal discharge
German Leukorrhoe, Weißer Fluss
- Leukorrhoethick, whitish vaginal discharge
- Weißer Flussthick, whitish vaginal discharge
- Scheidenkatarrhthick, whitish vaginal discharge
Hindi श्वेतप्रदर, प्रदर
- श्वेतप्रदर (śvetapradar)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
- प्रदर (pradar)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
Hungarian fehérfolyás
- fehérfolyásthick, whitish vaginal discharge
Indonesian leukorea
- leukoreathick, whitish vaginal discharge
Italian leucorrea
- leucorreathick, whitish vaginal discharge
Polish upławy
- upławythick, whitish vaginal discharge
Spanish leucorrea, flujo blanco
- leucorreathick, whitish vaginal discharge
- flujo blancothick, whitish vaginal discharge
- flores blancasthick, whitish vaginal discharge
Tamil வெட்டை, வெள்ளை
- வெட்டை (veṭṭai)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
- வெள்ளை (veḷḷai)thick, whitish vaginal discharge
Turkish lökore
- lökorethick, whitish vaginal discharge
Cite this entry
leukorrhea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukorrhea
“leukorrhea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukorrhea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leukorrhea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leukorrhea.
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