myelogenous leukemia

noun

: 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 myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia

Examples of myelogenous leukemia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chronic myelogenous leukemia was once a death sentence, Elliott said. —Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024

Then, in 2009, she was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, which is a rare type of blood cancer impacting white blood cells in bone marrow. —Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024

The woman, who is 68 and African American, had been treated and survived acute myelogenous leukemia once already. —Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2024

Reubens died at age 70 on July 30, 2023 after a private six-year struggle with acute myelogenous leukemia. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

myelogenous leukemia

noun

: 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