myeloblastosis

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(′mī·ə·lō·bla′stō·səs)

(medicine) Diffuse proliferation of myeloblasts, with involvement of blood, bone marrow, and other tissues and organs.


('ə-lō-blă-stō'sĭs)
n.

The presence of unusually large numbers of myeloblasts in the tissues or blood.

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1. an excess of myeloblasts in the blood.
2. one of the specific viral diseases in the leukosis–sarcoma group of diseases of fowl. It is characterized by a spectacular leukemia with a great preponderance of myelocytes. There are general signs of debility, anemia and spontaneous hemorrhage.

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