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Having to do with, produced by, or resembling the bone marrow. Sometimes used as a synonym for myeloid; for example, acute myeloid leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are the same disease.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| myelogenous |
The term's literal derivation is "originating from or produced in the marrow". It is applied to leukemias that originate in a marrow stem cell or early marrow progenitor cell, especially acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia. It also distinguishes the myelogenous leukemias, which originate in a cell that is in the blood cell-forming lineages and usually do not affect lymphocytes overtly, from those that originate in a lymphocyte, egacute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. ...
Ãâó: cll.ucsd.edu/glossarym.htm
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| myelogenous leukemia |
a type of leukemia in which the cancer develops in the granulocytes or monocytes (myeloid cells).
Ãâó: www.uchicagokidshospital.org/online-library/conten...
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| myelogenous |
(mye-eh-LAH-jen-us): Referring to myelocytes, a type of white blood cell. Also called myeloid.
Ãâó: www3.mdanderson.org/focus/breast/glossary/DEFS_MP....
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| myelogenous leukemia |
Leukemia that develops in the myeloid cell lines.
Ãâó: www.leukine.com/patient/290.html
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