As nouns,
myelocytic leukemia is a hyponym of
leukemia; that is,
myelocytic leukemia is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
leukemia:
- leukemia: malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
- myelocytic leukemia: a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood
Other hyponyms of leukemia include
acute leukemia,
chronic leukemia,
lymphocytic leukemia,
histiocytic leukaemia,
histiocytic leukemia,
monoblastic leukaemia,
monoblastic leukemia,
monocytic leukaemia,
monocytic leukemia,
myeloblastic leukemia,
granulocytic leukemia.