monocytic leukemia
- noun
- /ˌmɒnəˈsaɪtɪk luˈkiːmiə/
- Specialized
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leucemia monocítica
- The patient was diagnosed with monocytic leukemia after a series of blood tests.
Examples
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Treatment options for monocytic leukemia may include chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
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She has been battling monocytic leukaemia for two years.
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Researchers are studying the genetic mutations involved in monocytic leukemia.
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Doctors diagnosed him with monocytic leukemia last week.
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The patient was diagnosed with monocytic leukemia after a series of blood tests.
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Researchers are studying the genetic mutations involved in monocytic leukemia.
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Treatment options for monocytic leukemia may include chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
Synonyms
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A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
A blood cancer in which one kind of white blood cell becomes too many
A blood cancer in which certain white blood cells called monocytes and their young forms are too many
A cancer of the blood that makes too many white blood cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'monocytic' means 'pertaining to monocytes' and 'leukemia' means a blood/immune-system cancer, so the phrase straightforwardly denotes a leukemia involving monocytes. This follows a regular adjective+noun composition (common cross-linguistically), so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the MWE's meaning even if the term is technical.
Etymology
Monocytic leukemia is a name for a blood cancer with too many monocytes, which are 'white blood cells'. So the name points to the kind of cell that is growing in the blood, and that is why it means 'a leukemia with too many monocytes'.