acute lymphoblastic leukemia

noun

A type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes.

Similar
acute lymphocytic leukemia

Meanings

nounacute lymphoblastic leukemia (plural acute lymphoblastic leukemias)

plural acute lymphoblastic leukemias

  1. A type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounacute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children

Similar
acute lymphocytic leukemia
Broader
acute leukemia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian остра лимфобластна левкемия
  • остра лимфобластна левкемия (ostra limfoblastna levkemija)type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes
Finnish akuutti lymfaattinen leukemia
  • akuutti lymfaattinen leukemiatype of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes
Italian leucemia linfoblastica acuta, leucemia linfatica acuta
  • leucemia linfoblastica acutatype of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes
  • leucemia linfatica acutatype of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes
Portuguese leucemia linfoblástica aguda
  • leucemia linfoblástica agudatype of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes
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APA

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Chicago

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