Definition of myelogenous leukemia
: 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
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The first known use of myelogenous leukemia was in 1904
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