myelomonocyticadj.
/ˌmʌɪələʊˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪəloʊˌmɑnəˈsɪdɪk/ Pathology and Physiology.
Consisting of or relating to myelocytes (or granulocytes) and monocytes and their precursors. Esp. in myelomonocytic leukemia.
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myelomonocytic1958
1958 W. Dameshek & F. Gunz Leukemia viii. 161 (heading) ‘Myelo-monocytic’ leukemia.
1972 Nature 4 Feb. 274/2 High levels of urinary lysozyme activity were observed in acute monocytic and myelomonocytic leukaemia.
1985 Blood 66 33 The cell of origin may be..a stem cell with the potential for both lymphoid and myelomonocytic differentiation.
1993 World & I Mar. 381/1 Timothy Quill had treated a patient he refers to as Diane for acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
2002 Immunology 106 53 Retinoic acid (RA) has been shown to regulate cellular growth and differentiation of a variety of cell types, including cells of the myelomonocytic lineage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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