ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute myeloid leukemia mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE MYELOID 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 myeloid 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 rearrangement may be associated with acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(MLL/CASC5 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement may be associated with acute myeloid leukemia.

(MLL/ARHGEF12 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement may be associated with acute myeloid leukemia and other leukemia types.

(MLL/CBL Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with infant acute myeloid leukemia.

(MLL/LASP1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with meningioma and a chromosomal translocation t(12;22)(p13;q11) of this gene and the ETV6 gene is associated with acute myeloid leukemia.

(MN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with acute monoblastic leukemia, acute myelomonocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia

(MLL/ABI1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with cholangiocarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia and sickle cell disease.

(MIR320A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with breast cancer, cholangiocarcinoma and acute myeloid leukemia.

(MIR204 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of breast carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and acute myeloid leukemia.

(MIR204 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIR29B1 RNA, plays a role in lung cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes.

(MIR29B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)