acute myeloid leukemia
31acute leukemia — noun rapidly progressing leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms: ↑acute lymphocytic leukemia, ↑acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ↑acute m …
32Myeloid — Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and platelets. Synonymous with myelogenous. Acute myeloid leukemia is thus also known as acute myelogenous leukemia. * * * 1. Pertaining to,… …
33Leukemia, acute myelogenous — Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being… …
34Leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic — Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being specifically those destined to… …
35Mast cell leukemia — Acute mast cell leukemia Classification and external resources Peripheral blood showing mast cell leukemia. ICD 10 C …
36leukemia — Progressive proliferation of abnormal leukocytes found in hemopoietic tissues, other organs, and usually in the blood in increased numbers. L. is classified by the dominant cell type, and by duration from onset to death. This occurs in acute l.… …
37Acute biphenotypic leukaemia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = 9805/3 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D015456 Acute biphenotypic leukaemia is a form of leukaemia where the lineage is of both lymphoid… …
38myelocytic leukemia — noun a malignant neoplasm of blood forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood • Syn: ↑granulocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms …
39granulocytic leukemia — noun a malignant neoplasm of blood forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood • Syn: ↑myelocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑leukemia, ↑leukaemia, ↑leucaemia, ↑cancer of the blood • Hyponyms …
40Childhood translocation 11 leukemia — A new type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and attached itself to another chromosome). Children with this type of leukemia have a particularly poor prognosis (outlook). They do not respond …
