MYELOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myeloma mean? 

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

1. a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)

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

multiple myeloma (myeloma that develops in several places at the same time)

 Context examples 

Examples of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

(Blood cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Bone marrow cancer includes leukemias and multiple myeloma.

(Bone marrow cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat multiple myeloma.

(Bortezomib, NCI Dictionary)

An increased amount in the blood or urine may be a sign of certain diseases, including some types of cancer, such as multiple myeloma or lymphoma.

(Beta-2-microglobulin, NCI Dictionary)

It is a characteristic protein found in the urine of most patients with multiple myeloma.

(Bence Jones protein, NCI Thesaurus)

WT1 is a transcription factor important in development and cancer pathogenesis, which is overexpressed in a variety of cancers, including multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, malignant mesothelioma, neural tumors and renal carcinoma.

(Autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-Electroporated Langerhans-Type Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

It is found in the urine of most people with multiple myeloma (cancer that begins in plasma cells).

(Bence Jones protein, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of bortezomib and dexamethasone used as treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

(Bortezomib-Dexamethasone Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

They also had a 10-20% lower risk for myeloma and cancers of the head and neck, rectum, bladder, and breast.

(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)

Also called Kahler disease, myelomatosis, and plasma cell myeloma.

(Multiple Myeloma, NCI Dictionary)