acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
acute lymphoblastic leukemia n lymphocytic leukemia that is marked by an abnormal increase in the number of lymphoblasts, that is characterized by rapid onset and progression of symptoms which include fever, anemia, pallor, fatigue, appetite loss, bleeding, thrombocytopenia, granulocytopenia, bone and joint pain, and enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen, and that occurs chiefly during childhood
abbr. ALL compare CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
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(ALL) acute leukemia of the lymphoblastic type, one of the two major categories of acute leukemia, primarily affecting young children. Symptoms include anemia, fatigue, weight loss, easy bruising, thrombocytopenia, granulocytopenia with bacterial infections, bone pain, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and sometimes spread to the central nervous system (meningismus) or to other organs. Called also acute lymphocytic l.
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acute lymphoblastic leukemia — noun acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children • Syn: ↑acute lymphocytic leukemia • Hypernyms: ↑acute leukemia * * * noun also acute… … Useful english dictionary
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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia — acute lymphoblastic leukemia in which cells express surface antigens characteristic of T cells; it is more common in males than in females and affects adults and children equally … Medical dictionary
acute lymphoblastic leukemia — noun a type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes … Wiktionary
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common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen — (CALLA) a tumor associated antigen, CD10, occurring on lymphoblasts in about 80 per cent of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and also in 40–50 per cent of patients with blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). It does… … Medical dictionary
