granulocytic leukemia
- noun
- /ˌɡrænjʊloʊˈsaɪtɪk luˈkiːmiə/
- Specialized
:
leucemia granulocítica
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with granulocytic leukemia after observing high levels of myelocytes in the blood.
Examples
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Advances in treatment have improved survival rates for those with granulocytic leukemia.
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Family members attended educational sessions about granulocytic leukemia to better understand the disease.
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Doctors diagnosed him with granulocytic leukemia last week.
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She is undergoing treatment for granulocytic leukaemia.
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The doctor diagnosed the patient with granulocytic leukemia after observing high levels of myelocytes in the blood.
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Family members attended educational sessions about granulocytic leukemia to better understand the disease.
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Advances in treatment have improved survival rates for those with granulocytic leukemia.
Synonyms
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A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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A long term blood cancer that makes many abnormal white blood cells and affects older adults
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A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
A cancer that makes too many young white blood cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'granulocytic' (pertaining to granulocyte white blood cells) combined with 'leukemia' (a blood cancer) yields a leukemia affecting granulocytes. Although medical/technical, the morphological logic is regular and predictable, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Granulocytic leukemia comes from the parts granulocytic, from the word 'granule' meaning a tiny grain found inside some white blood cells, and leukemia, meaning 'blood cancer'. That's why the term means a blood cancer with too many grain-filled white blood cells.