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

Peterson, who has worked with stars like Khloé Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez, shared the news in an Instagram post Wednesday that his daughter, Monroe Vivian, had been diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML Leukemia), which the Mayo Clinic says is cancer of the blood and bone marrow. —Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024

The late actor had been diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012, after he was previously treated for myelogenous leukemia in the 1990s. —and Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023

There was an elevated trend for oral cancers, thyroid cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia, disorders of the blood, B-cell lymphomas and a certain kind of bladder cancer called nonpapillary transitional cell bladder carcinoma. —Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024

Past that, there are four main types of leukemia: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). —Barbara Brody, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021

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