granulocytic leukemia

English Thesaurus

1. a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood (noun.state)

hypernym	:	cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia,
definition	:	malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state)

hyponym	:	acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia,
definition	:	acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults (noun.state)

hyponym	:	chronic myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia,
definition	:	chronic leukemia characterized by granular leukocytes; more common in older people (noun.state)