- acute myelocytic leukemia
- acute myelogenous l.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
acute myelocytic leukemia
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acute myelocytic leukemia — noun acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults • Syn: ↑acute myeloid leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑myelocytic leukemia, ↑granulocytic leukemia, ↑acute leukemia … Useful english dictionary
Acute myelogenous leukemia — 1. Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being… … Medical dictionary
acute myeloid leukemia — noun acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults • Syn: ↑acute myelocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑myelocytic leukemia, ↑granulocytic leukemia, ↑acute leukemia * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
myelocytic leukemia — noun a malignant neoplasm of blood forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood • Syn: ↑granulocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
acute leukemia — noun rapidly progressing leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms: ↑acute lymphocytic leukemia, ↑acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ↑acute m … Useful english dictionary
leukemia — Progressive proliferation of abnormal leukocytes found in hemopoietic tissues, other organs, and usually in the blood in increased numbers. L. is classified by the dominant cell type, and by duration from onset to death. This occurs in acute l.… … Medical dictionary
leukemia — noun malignant neoplasm of blood forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer • Syn: ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hypernyms: ↑cancer, ↑malignant neoplastic disease … Useful english dictionary
granulocytic leukemia — noun a malignant neoplasm of blood forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood • Syn: ↑myelocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
myelogenous leukemia — n leukemia characterized by proliferation of myeloid tissue (as of the bone marrow and spleen) and an abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes, myelocytes, and myeloblasts in the circulating blood called also granulocytic leukemia,… … Medical dictionary
Chronic myelogenous leukemia — Classification and external resources The Philadelphia chromosome as seen by metaphase FISH. ICD 10 C92.1 … Wikipedia
