chronic myeloid leukemia

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * Chronic myelogenous or myelocytic leukemia (CML), chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL)

Hypernyms

 * myeloproliferative disease