chronic myeloid leukemia
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Noun[edit]
chronic myeloid leukemia (countable and uncountable, plural chronic myeloid leukemias)
- a cancerous proliferation of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) and their precursors in blood and bone marrow associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.
Synonyms[edit]
- Chronic myelogenous or myelocytic leukemia (CML), chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL)