: of, relating to, originating in, or produced by the bone marrow
myelogenous sarcoma
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebCraig Thompson, the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, recently launched Agios Pharmaceuticals, which is testing drugs against a mutant enzyme that drives metabolism in acute myelogenous leukemia. Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 17 July 2017
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German myelogen, from myelo- myelo- + -gen -genous
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing myelogenous
myelogenous leukemia
myelogenous leukemia
Medical Definition
myelogenous
adjective
my·e·log·e·nous ˌmī-ə-ˈläj-ə-nəs
variants also myelogenic
ˌmī-ə-lə-ˈjen-ik
: of, relating to, originating in, or produced by the bone marrow