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myeloid

American  
[mahy-uh-loid] / ˈmaɪ əˌlɔɪd /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. pertaining to the spinal cord.

  2. having characteristics of marrow; marrowlike.

  3. pertaining to marrow.


myeloid British  
/ ˈmaɪɪˌlɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the spinal cord or the bone marrow

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of myeloid

First recorded in 1855–60; myel- + -oid

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In 2024 alone, Weinstein was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, underwent emergency heart surgery and received treatment for COVID-19, double pneumonia and several other health conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

One of the first targets could be acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer with limited treatment options for many patients.

From Science Daily May 25, 2026

For example, acute myeloid leukemia—the disease that afflicted Kennedy family member Tatiana Schlossberg before she died in December—remains among the hardest to cure, frequently recurring despite intensive chemotherapy and transplantation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

In the Terns Phase 1 study, all the patients had chronic myeloid leukemia that had resisted at least three prior treatments, including with Novartis’s Scemblix.

From Barron's Dec. 9, 2025

The conditions in myelogenic leukæmia are quite similar, for foci of myeloid tissue may appear in the spleen or lymph glands according to the kind of metastasis.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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