Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acute_lymphocytic_leukemia

1 sense of acute lymphocytic leukemia

Sense 1
acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- (acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children)
       => acute leukemia -- (rapidly progressing leukemia)