Definition of Lymphoblastic leukemia

1. Noun. A form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts.

Generic synonyms: Lymphocytic Leukemia

Definition of Lymphoblastic leukemia

1. Noun. An acute form of leukemia characterized by a very large number of lymphoblasts in the circulating blood ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphoblastic Leukemia

lymphectasia
lymphedema
lymphedema praecox
lymphedemas
lymphedematous keratoderma
lymphemia
lymphitis
lymphization
lymphlike
lymphlined
lympho-
lymphoadenoma
lymphoblast
lymphoblastic
lymphoblastic leukaemia
lymphoblastic leukemia (current term)
lymphoblastic lymphoma
lymphoblastoid
lymphoblastoma
lymphoblastosis
lymphoblasts
lymphocele
lymphocerastism
lymphocinesis
lymphocryptovirus
lymphocryptoviruses
lymphocyst
lymphocytapheresis
lymphocyte
lymphocyte-oriented kinase

Literary usage of Lymphoblastic leukemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Niehs Report on Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency by Kenneth Olden (1999)
"Residential exposure to magnetic fields and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. New England Journal of Medicine 337:1-7(1997). 24. ..."

2. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"5.4.4.2 Hematology (Leukemia) Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a lethal but highly treatable disease. However, successful treatment depends ..."

3. Marijuana Use in America: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary U. S (1996)
"Maternal drug use and risk of childhood non- lymphoblastic leukemia among offspring ... Buckley J. A case-control study of acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia: ..."

4. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by T. P. Speed, Darlene Renee Goldstein (2003)
"The dataset consists of a training set which contains 27 samples of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and 11 samples of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), ..."

5. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"... Controversial for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia Acceptable for acute myelogenous leukemia Effective Effective, ..."

6. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"... methotrexate metabolism, outcome in childhood B-progenitor cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A Pediatrie Oncology Group Study. ..."

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