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Noun: monocytic leukemia
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: monocytic leukaemia)
  1. Leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood
    "The patient's monocytic leukemia was diagnosed through a bone marrow biopsy";
    - monocytic leukaemia [Brit, Cdn], monoblastic leukemia [N. Amer], monoblastic leukaemia [Brit, Cdn], histiocytic leukemia [N. Amer], histiocytic leukaemia [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: cancer of the blood, leucaemia [Brit], leukaemia [Brit, Cdn], leukemia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Monocytic leukemia