LYMPHOBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphoblast mean? 

• LYMPHOBLAST (noun)
  The noun LYMPHOBLAST has 1 sense:

1. an immature lymphocyte

  Familiarity information: LYMPHOBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHOBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immature lymphocyte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lymphoblast" is a kind of...):

lymph cell; lymphocyte (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)

 Context examples 

A precursor lymphoid neoplasm which is composed of B-lymphoblasts and carries a translocation between the BCR gene on chromosome 22 and the ABL1 gene on chromosome 9.

(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with t(9;22)(q34;q11.2); BCR-ABL1, NCI Thesaurus)

A precursor lymphoid neoplasm which is composed of B-lymphoblasts and carries a translocation between the MLL gene at 11q23 and another gene partner resulting in the production of an MLL related fusion protein.

(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with t(v;11q23); MLL Rearranged, NCI Thesaurus)

A precursor lymphoid neoplasm which is composed of B-lymphoblasts and carries a translocation between the TEL gene on chromosome 12 and the AML1 gene on chromosome 21.

(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with t(12;21)(p13;q22); TEL-AML1 (ETV6-RUNX1), NCI Thesaurus)

The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts).

(Acute leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

The term refers to precursor lymphoid neoplasms which are composed of B-lymphoblasts and characterized by the presence of recurrent genetic abnormalities.

(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with Recurrent Genetic Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)

The term refers to precursor lymphoid neoplasms which are composed of B-lymphoblasts and characterized by the absence of recurrent genetic abnormalities.

(B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive mantle cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of neoplastic B-lymphocytes resembling lymphoblasts.

(Blastoid Variant Mantle Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-T, non-B, acute lymphoblastic leukemia in which the lymphoblasts are positive for the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (cALLa) occurring in adults.

(Non-T Non-B cALLa Positive Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-T, non-B, acute lymphoblastic leukemia in which the lymphoblasts are positive for the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (cALLa) occurring in children.

(Non-T Non-B cALLa Positive Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the leukemic blasts (lymphoblasts that remain in an immature state even when outside the bone marrow) in a biological specimen.

(Leukemic Blast Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)