Definition of lymphoblast in English:
lymphoblast
nounˈlɪmfə(ʊ)blastˈlimfəˌblast
Medicine An abnormal cell resembling a large lymphocyte, produced in large numbers in a form of leukaemia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The cells were described as having scant, indistinct cytoplasm with finely dispersed chromatin, reminiscent of lymphoblasts.
- This is particularly true in cases of blastic myeloid sarcoma, because myeloblasts and lymphoblasts can be difficult to distinguish in routinely stained histologic sections.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is overproduction of immature lymphocytes, called lymphoblasts.
- Large numbers of immature, abnormal lymphocytes called lymphoblasts are produced and released into the bloodstream.
- Four of these 7 cases, which showed more than 25% lymphoblasts in the bone marrow or at least 10% lymphoblasts in the peripheral blood, were classified as leukemias.
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine It was also determined that lymphoblastic lymphoma and lymphoblastic leukemia are the same disease with different clinical presentations.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most common childhood malignancies are acute lymphoblastic leukemia, central nervous system tumors and lymphomas.
- Leukemic transformation of chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis to acute lymphoblastic leukemia is rare.
- Our study demonstrated that CD10 is frequently expressed in precursor T lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia.
- Relapse-related mortality was increased among patients with Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.