myelogenous leukemia

myelogenous leukemia
myelogenous leukemia n leukemia characterized by proliferation of myeloid tissue (as of the bone marrow and spleen) and an abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes, myelocytes, and myeloblasts in the circulating blood called also granulocytic leukemia, myeloblastic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia see ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA, ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

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myeloid granulocytic leukemia leukemia arising from myeloid tissue in which the granular, polymorphonuclear leukocytes and their precursors predominate; see also acute myelogenous l. and chronic granulocytic l. Called also granulocytic, myeloblastic, or myelocytic l.

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