Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chronic myeloid leukemia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: chron-ic myeloid leukemia
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

2

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

chronic myeloid leukemias (plural)

Synonyms

Chronic myelogenous myelocytic leukemia chronic granulocytic leukemia

Questions

What does chronic myeloid leukemia mean?: a cancerous proliferation of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) and their precursors in blood and bone marrow associated with the Philadelphia chromosome.

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