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Definition of Myelocytic leukemia
1. Noun. A malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood.
Generic synonyms: Cancer Of The Blood, Leucaemia, Leukaemia, Leukemia
Specialized synonyms: Acute Myelocytic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia, Myeloid Leukemia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Myelocytic Leukemia
Literary usage of Myelocytic leukemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"SPLENECTOMY FOLLOWING RADIUM TREATMENT FOR myelocytic leukemia* HZ GIFFIN The
first case of splenectomy for myelocytic leukemia was ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1903)
"We are thus unable to conceive of any case of leukemia without an increase of
lymphocytes in the blood (in myelocytic leukemia a marked absolute increase if ..."
3. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"myelocytic leukemia The mortality of splenectomy for this condition in 51 reported
cases (1918) was 86 per cent. But after preliminary radium treatment of ..."
4. Bridging the Bed-Bench Gap: Contributions of the Markey Trust by ebrary, Inc (2004)
"Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) is an acquired clonal disorder of hematopoiesis
that is manifest by an accumulation of mature and immature granulocytes in ..."
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