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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The patient received a blood stem cell transplant at City of Hope in early 2019 for acute myelogenous leukemia from an unrelated donor who has a rare genetic mutation, homozygous CCR5 Delta 32, City of Hope said. 
Will Linendoll, ABC News, 28 July 2022 The life lessons taught by his dad Vincent, who died last November on his 80th birthday from chronic myelogenous leukemia, will always stay with Stonestreet. Julie Jordan, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022 In March 2017, she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 Acute myelogenous leukemia: While ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer, AML is the most common type of blood cancer among young adults, affecting men more often than women, MedlinePlus says. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021 Acute myeloid leukemia has quite a few different names: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, according to the ACS. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021 Ryan has been diagnosed with cancer twice: chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2001 and stage IV prostate cancer in 2012. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021 The cause was acute myelogenous leukemia, a form of blood cancer, said a niece Alison Tweedie-Perry. Washington Post, 8 June 2021 At only 8 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of leukemia known as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2021 See More
Will Linendoll, ABC News, 28 July 2022 The life lessons taught by his dad Vincent, who died last November on his 80th birthday from chronic myelogenous leukemia, will always stay with Stonestreet. Julie Jordan, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022 In March 2017, she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 Acute myelogenous leukemia: While ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer, AML is the most common type of blood cancer among young adults, affecting men more often than women, MedlinePlus says. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021 Acute myeloid leukemia has quite a few different names: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, according to the ACS. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021 Ryan has been diagnosed with cancer twice: chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2001 and stage IV prostate cancer in 2012. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021 The cause was acute myelogenous leukemia, a form of blood cancer, said a niece Alison Tweedie-Perry. Washington Post, 8 June 2021 At only 8 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of leukemia known as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2021 See More 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