GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does granulocytic leukemia mean? 

• GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)
  The noun GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA has 1 sense:

1. a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

granulocytic leukemia; myelocytic leukemia

Hypernyms ("granulocytic 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 "granulocytic 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)

 Context examples 

Also called: Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, CML, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic granulocytic leukemia, Chronic myelogenous leukemia

(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Also called chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and CML.

(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

Also called chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and CML.

(Chronic myelogenous leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

Also called chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and chronic myeloid leukemia.

(CML, NCI Dictionary)