monocytic leukemia

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsmonocytic leukaemiamonoblastic leukemiamonoblastic leukaemiahistiocytic leukemiahistiocytic leukaemia

   Broaderleukemia

Questions about monocytic leukemia

What does monocytic leukemia mean?

monocytic leukemia means "leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood".

What is another word for monocytic leukemia?

Close synonyms include monocytic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, histiocytic leukaemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monocytic leukemia a common word?

monocytic leukemia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.