Meanings
nounmyeloproliferative disease (plural myeloproliferative diseases)
plural myeloproliferative diseases
- any of a group of neoplastic diseases of the bone marrow
Synonyms: myeloproliferative neoplasm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a group of neoplastic diseases of the bone marrow
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Origin
Concept first proposed in 1951 by hematologist William Dameshek.
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