chronic myeloid leukemia
English
editNoun
editchronic 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)