MYELOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myeloid mean? 

• MYELOID (adjective)
  The adjective MYELOID has 3 senses:

1. of or relating to bone marrow

2. marrowlike

3. of or relating to the spinal cord

  Familiarity information: MYELOID used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to bone marrow

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bone marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marrowlike

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bone marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to the spinal cord

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

myelic; myeloid

Pertainym:

spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)

 Context examples 

A term referring to acute myeloid leukemias which show variant translocations involving the RARA gene.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a Variant RARA Translocation, NCI Thesaurus)

A term referring to acute myeloid leukemias associated with gene mutations most often of the FLT3, NPM1, and CEBPA genes.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Gene Mutations, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute myeloid leukemia not growing, responding to treatment.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute myeloid leukemia developing in patients with a prior history of myelodysplastic syndrome.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Arising from Previous Myelodysplastic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, and ANLL.

(Acute myeloblastic leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

This type of acute myeloid leukemia has a favorable prognosis.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) or t(16;16)(p13.1;q22); CBFB-MYH11, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular and ovarian carcinomas, acute promyelocytic leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia.

(MIR223 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This aberration is associated with infant acute myeloid leukemia.

(MNX1/ETV6 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell derived from a myeloid progenitor cell.

(Monoblast, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes myeloid leukemia factor 1 protein, is involved in both cell cycle arrest and the regulation of transcription.

(MLF1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)