Monocytic leukemia is a type of myeloid leukemia characterized by a dominance of monocytes in the marrow. When the monocytic cells are predominantly monoblasts, it is subclassified into monoblastic leukemia. Like myeloid leukemia, monocytic leukemia is almost always broken down into `acute` and `chronic`: Acute monocytic leukemia is far more c...
(from the article `blood disease`) ...In acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), the predominant cells are the youngest recognizable precursors (myeloblasts) of the neutrophils of the blood. ...
acute monocytic leukemia.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a form of leukemia characterized by large numbers of cells that can be definitely identified as monocytes, in addition to larger, apparently related cells formed from the uncontrolled proliferation of the reticuloendothelial tissue; leukemia in which these two types of cells seem to 'overrun' the usual sites of the reticu...
[n] - leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood
monocytic leukaemia noun leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood