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

1 sense of acute myelocytic leukemia

Sense 1
acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia -- (acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults)
       => myelocytic leukemia, granulocytic leukemia -- (a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood)
       => acute leukemia -- (rapidly progressing leukemia)