ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute myelocytic leukemia mean? 

• ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)
  The noun ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA has 1 sense:

1. acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults

  Familiarity information: ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute myelocytic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia

Hypernyms ("acute myelocytic leukemia" is a kind of...):

acute leukemia (rapidly progressing leukemia)

granulocytic leukemia; myelocytic leukemia (a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood)

 Context examples 

This gene plays a role in lipid binding regulation and the overexpression of the gene has been isolated in acute myelocytic leukemia.

(ANXA8 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpression of this gene has been associated with acute myelocytic leukemia.

(ANXA8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Rod-shaped structures of uncertain nature in the cytoplasm of immature myeloid cells, especially myeloblasts, in acute myelocytic leukemia; may be an abnormal form of lysosomes; they contain peroxidase and acid phosphatase, and stain red by azure-eosin stains.

(Auer Rod, NCI Thesaurus)