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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Definition: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Noun

1. Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children.

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Specialty Definitions: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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Health

ALL. A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphocytic leukemia. (references)

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Synonym: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Synonym: acute lymphocytic leukemia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Specialty definitions using "acute lymphoblastic leukemia": Leukemia, CALLA-Positive, Lymphoma, LymphoblasticNeprilysin, non-Hodgkin's lymphomaPhenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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References

  • The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (reference)

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Books

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Proceedings of a Wyeth-Ayerst-UCLA Western Workshop on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Held at Tapatio Springs, Texas, nov (reference)

  • Chromosomes and Genes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

acute lymphoblastic leukemia

61

adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia

5
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Modern Translations: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Language Translations for "acute lymphoblastic leukemia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

akut lymfoblastær leukæmi, akut lymfatisk leukæmi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

acute lymfoblastaire leukemie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

akuutti lymfoblastileukemia, äkillinen lymfoblastileukemia (acute lymphoblastic L1 leukemia, acute lymphoblastic L2 leukemia). (various references)

   

French

  

leucémie aiguë lymphoblastique. (various references)

   

German

  

akute Lymphoblastenleukämie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οξεία λεμφοβλαστική λευχαιμία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

leucemia acuta linfoblastica. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acuteay ymphoblasticlay eukemialay

   

Portuguese

  

leucemia linfoblástica aguda. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

leucemia linfoblástica aguda. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

akut lymfoblastleukemi, akut lymfatisk leukemi. (various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 75 74 65      4C 79 6D 70 68 6F 62 6C 61 73 74 69 63      4C 65 75 6B 65 6D 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0075 0074 0065      004C 0079 006D 0070 0068 006F 0062 006C 0061 0073 0074 0069 0063      004C 0065 0075 006B 0065 006D 0069 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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