myelogenous
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌmaɪəˈlɒdʒənəs/
- Specialized
:
mielógeno
- Acute myelogenous leukemia often requires intensive treatment to target the disease at its source in the bone marrow.
- myelogenous leukemia
- chronic myelogenous
Examples
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The first genetic abnormality to be identified in any cancer was identified in chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Blog text (34) -
To treat two obscure cancers—chronic myelogenous leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor—enjoyed sales of $2.2 billion in 2005.
Blog text (5) -
This leads to acute myelogenous leukemia and and deaths ensues usually within a year or two.
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If you have, for example, chronic myelogenous leukemia, a bone marrow transplant is a very real option.
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a blood cancer.
Blog text (23) -
I am a single mother; two years ago, my 19-year-old daughter Cristina was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Fiction book (1997) -
Otherwise, his medical history was significant for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia, which had been treated with oral imatinib.
Academic text (2009) -
While the diagnosis in our case was aided by our knowledge of the patient's history of chronic myelogenous leukemia, it may not be as easily reached in patients who lack any history of known hematologic abnormalities.
Academic text (2009) -
Histologic examination of a subsequent bone marrow biopsy confirmed that the patient had also experienced a relapse of his chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Academic text (2009) -
The doctor explained that myelogenous conditions, such as leukemia, start in the bone marrow.
Synonyms
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9.3
Relating to cells that come from bone marrow
Relating to bone marrow and the blood cells it makes
Surface Forms
Morphology
myelogenous = myelo + gen + ous
This is a learned scientific formation built from classical combining forms, so an average B1 learner is unlikely to infer the marrow-origin meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Myelogenous comes from the root myelo- meaning 'marrow' and the ending -genous meaning 'coming from' or 'produced by', like in 'generate' for 'make'. So, myelogenous means something that comes from or is produced in the bone marrow.