acute monocytic leukemia
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Related to acute monocytic leukemia: acute myelomonocytic leukemia
acute monocytic leukemia
[ə′kyüt ‚män·ə′sid·ik lü′kē·mē·ə] (medicine)
A severe blood disorder in which abnormal leukocytes are identified as immature forms of monocytes. Also known as monoblastic leukemia.
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