myelofibrosis
noun
my·e·lo·fi·bro·sis
ˌmī-ə-lō-fī-ˈbrō-səs 
: an anemic condition in which bone marrow becomes fibrotic and the liver and spleen usually exhibit a development of blood-cell precursors
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Lynda shared Jessica with her late husband, Robert Altman, who died in February 2021 from myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 May 2025
The new step, announced on Wednesday, creates a presumptive service connection for Gulf War and post-9/11 veterans diagnosed with acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, and related genitourinary cancers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
During unrelated medical testing in 2020, doctors detected signs of myelofibrosis, a chronic leukemia characterized by a buildup of scar tissue in the bone marrow.
—Steve Smith, New York Times, 29 May 2024
And in 2022, he was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare form of bone marrow cancer and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 May 2025
The new step, announced on Wednesday, creates a presumptive service connection for Gulf War and post-9/11 veterans diagnosed with acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, and related genitourinary cancers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
During unrelated medical testing in 2020, doctors detected signs of myelofibrosis, a chronic leukemia characterized by a buildup of scar tissue in the bone marrow.
—Steve Smith, New York Times, 29 May 2024
And in 2022, he was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare form of bone marrow cancer and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
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myelofibrosis
noun
my·e·lo·fi·bro·sis
ˌmī-ə-lō-fī-ˈbrō-səs
plural myelofibroses
-ˌsēz
: an anemic condition in which bone marrow becomes fibrotic and the liver and spleen usually exhibit a development of blood-cell precursors
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