MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood

Synonyms:

histiocytic leukaemia; histiocytic leukemia; monoblastic leukaemia; monoblastic leukemia; monocytic leukaemia; monocytic leukemia

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("monocytic 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)

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