MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monocytic leukemia mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOCYTIC 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 ("monocytic 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)

 Context examples 

An acute monocytic leukemia occurring in children.

(Childhood Acute Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Monocytic leukemia responding to treatment and not proliferating

(Monocytic Leukemia in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia occurring in children.

(Childhood Acute Monoblastic and Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

C3orf27 gene dysfunction is associated with several types of cancer including acute myeloid monocytic leukemia and colorectal cancer.

(C3orf27 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia occurring in adults.

(Adult Acute Monoblastic and Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute monocytic leukemia occurring in adults.

(Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute monocytic leukemia responding to treatment and not proliferating.

(Acute Monocytic Leukemia in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)