myelocytoma /my·elo·cy·to·ma/ (-si-to´mah)
myelocytoma
myeloma [mi″ĕ-lo´mah]
2. myeloma.
my·e·lo·cy·to·ma (m   -l -s-t m)n. pl. my·e·lo·cy·to·mas or my·e·lo·cy·to·ma·ta (-m -t) A nodular, circumscribed, relatively dense accumulation of myelocytes. |
myelocytoma
[mī′əlō′sītō′mə]
Etymology: Gk, myelos + kytos, cell, oma, tumor
a localized cluster of myelocytes in the peripheral vasculature that may occur in myelocytic leukemia.
myeloma [mi″ĕ-lo´mah]
1. a tumor composed of plasma cells of the type normally found in the bone marrow.
2. multiple myeloma.
giant cell myeloma giant cell tumor (def. 1).
multiple myeloma see multiple myeloma.
plasma cell myeloma multiple myeloma.
solitary myeloma a variant of multiple myeloma in which there is a single localized tumor focus. Called also plasma cell tumor.
myelocytoma
see myeloma.
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