MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myelocytic leukemia mean? 

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

1. a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

granulocytic leukemia; myelocytic leukemia

Hypernyms ("myelocytic 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "myelocytic leukemia"):

acute myelocytic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia (acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults)

chronic myelocytic leukemia; myeloid leukemia (chronic leukemia characterized by granular leukocytes; more common in older people)

 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)

Daunorubicin is indicated in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers including acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilms' tumor, and chronic myelocytic leukemia.

(Daunorubicin Citrate, 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)