myelogenic

Also my·e·log·e·nous

[mahy-uh-luh-jen-ik]

adjective

1. produced in the bone marrow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of myelogenic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; myelo- + -genic

Example Sentences

Mr. Peterson had been treated for acute myelogenic leukemia.

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The mast cells are always increased in myelogenic leukæmia.

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A further, but much less weighty objection to the view that myelogenic leukæmia is an active leucocytosis is, that pus artificially produced in leukæmic patients has nearly always the histological constitution of normal pus.

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Before the introduction of the staining method, Mosler had described large, coarsely granulated cells, "marrow cells," as characteristic for myelogenic leukæmia.

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In his first paper on leukæmia, Ehrlich stated that the absolute number of polynuclear eosinophils is always much increased in myelogenic leukæmia.

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