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LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lymphocytic 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 "lymphocytic leukemia"):
lymphoblastic leukemia (a form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts)
Context examples:
People with monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis may develop other B-cell diseases, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
(monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, NCI Dictionary)
This allele, which encodes BTG2 Protein, plays a role in the regulation of the G1/S transition of the cell cycle and variant alleles may play a role B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
(BTG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia not growing, responding to treatment.
(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia can occur in patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
(Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, NCI Dictionary)
These include Burkitt lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma.
(B-cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of glioma, multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
(MIR181B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes MIR29B1 RNA, plays a role in lung cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes.
(MIR29B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes MIR29B2 RNA, plays a role in lung cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
(MIR29B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of both hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
(MIR16-2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with carcinoma of the prostate, polycystic kidney disease, polycystic liver disease, pituitary adenoma, acute promyelocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia.
(MIR15A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
