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MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
Synonyms:
granulocytic leukemia; myelocytic leukemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
