myelogenicadj.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪəloʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Pathology and Medicine.
= myeloid adj. Frequently in myelogenic leukaemia.
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marrowy?a1425
medullar?1541
medullous1578
marrowish1612
medullary1704
myeloid1853
myelogenous1875
myelogenic1876
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 515 A myelogenic cystosarcoma myxomatodes of the bones of the head.
1903 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 125 762 Brittleness and softness of the bones, numerous fractures, and resulting deformities, due to as yet obscure disturbances of myelogenic and periosteal bone formation.
1970 Yokohama Med. Bull. 20 86 We have experienced a rare case in which the latent acute myelogenic leukemia was happened to be discovered with insertion of IUD.
1975 Scand. Jrnl. Haematol. 14 91 Isoproteins of presumably myelogenic origin (e.g. those in granulocytes and plasma).
1997 Biol. & Pharmaceutical Bull. 20 943 The responsiveness of these cells to growth factor is restricted to myelogenic cytokines.
2001 Jrnl. Immunotherapy 24 334 Chronic myelogenic leukemia (CML) cells are derived from a lineage closely related to MM [= multiple myeloma].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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