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HISTIOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("histiocytic 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)