Acute
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Having a rapid onset, short course, or marked severity.
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69 matchesacute bacterial prostatitis
Inflammation of the prostate gland that begins suddenly and gets worse quickly.
Read definitionacute leukemia
A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
Read definitionacute lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.
Read definitionacute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.
Read definitionacute myeloblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute myelogenous leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute myeloid leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute nonlymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionacute pain
Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time.
Read definitionacute promyelocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of acute myeloid leukemia in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow.
Read definitionB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionB-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many B-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionT-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
Read definitionT-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
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A drug used to treat certain types of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL).
Read definition5Q minus syndrome
A rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (Q arm) of human chromosome 5.
Read definition5Q- syndrome
A rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (Q arm) of human chromosome 5.
Read definitionADE
An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Read definitionADE regimen
An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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