myelocytic leukemia

1. 1.

   a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood

   Synonymsgranulocytic leukemia

   Broaderleukemia

   Narroweracute myelocytic leukemiachronic myelocytic leukemia

Questions about myelocytic leukemia

What does myelocytic leukemia mean?

myelocytic leukemia means "a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood".

What is another word for myelocytic leukemia?

Close synonyms include granulocytic leukemia. 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 myelocytic leukemia a common word?

myelocytic 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.