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Definition of Acute myeloid leukemia
1. Noun. Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults.
Generic synonyms: Acute Leukemia, Granulocytic Leukemia, Myelocytic Leukemia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Literary usage of Acute myeloid leukemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"A very skilled hematologist may, it is true, distinguish the cells of acute
myeloid leukemia from those of acute lymphadenoid leukemia, but even he may have ..."
2. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1922)
"The postmortem findings in acute myeloid leukemia vary only slightly from those
encountered in the chronic form save that the changes such as would require ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1912)
"On the other hand, Nageli has obtained, in a few cases of acute myeloid leukemia,
a negative reaction which he explains as due to a varying ferment content ..."
4. Leukemia: A Research Report edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"... and biological therapy with monoclonal antibodies (see page 24). Childhood Acute
Myeloid Leukemia Each year, about 600 children develop AML ..."
5. Gulf War And Health by Institute of Medicine (2005)
"... myelodysplastic syndromes may develop into acute myeloid leukemia) (NCI ...
acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also called acute non-lymphocytic leukemia ..."
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