ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute lymphoblastic leukemia mean? 

• ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)
  The noun ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA has 1 sense:

1. acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children

  Familiarity information: ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute lymphoblastic leukemia; acute lymphocytic leukemia

Hypernyms ("acute lymphoblastic leukemia" is a kind of...):

acute leukemia (rapidly progressing leukemia)

 Context examples 

A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(Mercaptopurine, NCI Dictionary)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a potential tumor suppressor role in breast and pancreatic carcinomas, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

(MIR155 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the breast and pancreas as well as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, myeloproliferative disorder and hypertension.

(MIR155 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia.

(MIR203 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This fusion is associated with both chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(BCR/ABL1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Bcr/abl is the gene rearrangement that is associated primarily with the disease chronic myelogenous leukemia and less frequently with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(BCR-ABL1 Fusion Protein Expression, NCI Thesaurus)

Altered expression of this gene, which is the result of a translocation t(1;14)(q21;q32), is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(BCL9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The BCR-ABL fusion gene is found in acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(BCR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The BCR-ABL fusion gene is found in most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and in some patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

(BCR-ABL fusion gene, NCI Dictionary)

It is found in most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and in some patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

(BCR-ABL fusion protein, NCI Dictionary)