multiple myeloma

noun

: a disease of bone marrow that is characterized by the presence of numerous myelomas in various bones of the body

Examples of multiple myeloma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, more than twenty years later, Gluck brings us An Exercise in Uncertainty, a memoir documenting his long and ongoing struggle with a rare and incurable form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. —Terry McDonell 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025

The popular radio co-host is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects the plasma cells in bone marrow. —Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025

People with stage 1 multiple myeloma have high levels of albumin in their blood.8 Treatment for early-stage multiple myeloma usually includes a combination of medications for several months. —Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 21 Feb. 2025

Rorke died in 1987 at the age of 76 from multiple myeloma. —Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multiple myeloma

• cholesteatoma
• epithelioma
• lymphogranuloma
• medulloblastoma
• mesothelioma
• retinoblastoma
• adenocarcinoma
• choriocarcinoma
• pheochromocytoma
• ambystoma
• atheroma
• carcinoma

Medical Definition

multiple myeloma

noun

: a disease of bone marrow that is characterized by the presence of numerous myelomas in various bones of the body

called also myelomatosis