chronic myeloid leukemia

noun

a cancerous proliferation of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) and their precursors in blood and bone marrow associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.

Similar
Chronic myelogenousmyelocytic leukemiachronic granulocytic leukemia
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounchronic myeloid leukemia (countable and uncountable, plural chronic myeloid leukemias)

plural chronic myeloid leukemias

  1. countableuncountablea cancerous proliferation of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) and their precursors in blood and bone marrow associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.

    Synonyms: Chronic myelogenous, myelocytic leukemia, chronic granulocytic leukemia

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna cancerous proliferation of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) and their precursors in blood and bone marrow associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.

Similar
Chronic myelogenousmyelocytic leukemiachronic granulocytic leukemia
Cite this entry
APA

chronic myeloid leukemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20myeloid%20leukemia

MLA

“chronic myeloid leukemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20myeloid%20leukemia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronic myeloid leukemia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20myeloid%20leukemia.

Source: chronic myeloid leukemia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.