monoblastic leukemia
- noun
- /ˌmɒnəˈblæstɪk luˈkiːmiə/
- Specialized
:
leucemia monoblástica
- Doctors diagnosed him with monoblastic leukemia after numerous blood tests revealed an unusual rise in monocytes.
Examples
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She underwent treatment for monoblastic leukemia, which involved chemotherapy to target the excessive monoblasts in her blood.
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We went to Salt Lake and found out she had acute monoblastic leukemia.
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The research study focused on patients suffering from monoblastic leukemia and the effectiveness of new therapeutic approaches.
Synonyms
A blood cancer with too many monocytes, a type of white blood cell
A blood cancer in which certain white blood cells called monocytes and their young forms are too many
Surface Forms
Morphology
monoblastic + leukemia
The phrase is compositionally formed (adjective + noun): 'monoblastic' denotes involvement of monoblasts/monocytes and 'leukemia' is blood cancer, so the sense ‘a leukemia involving monoblastic cells’ is logically derivable from the parts. However, 'monoblastic' is a technical biomedical formation built from specialized morphemes (mono-, -blastic) that an average B1 learner would not know, so the transparency is only partial.
Etymology
Monoblastic leukemia gets its name from three parts: mono meaning 'one', blastic meaning 'young or not fully grown cells', and leukemia meaning 'blood cancer'. So the name helps you remember the meaning: it describes a blood cancer with too many young cells of one type.
