HISTIOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does histiocytic leukemia mean? 

• HISTIOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)
  The noun HISTIOCYTIC LEUKEMIA has 1 sense:

1. leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HISTIOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

histiocytic leukaemia; histiocytic leukemia; monoblastic leukaemia; monoblastic leukemia; monocytic leukaemia; monocytic leukemia

Hypernyms ("histiocytic leukemia" is a kind of...):

cancer of the blood; leucaemia; leukaemia; leukemia (malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer)