See Also: Acute myelogenous leukemia(health)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia(health)
acute myelogenous leukaemia(medicine)
Acute leukemia(health)
Acute myeloid leukemia(health)
ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia)(health)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia(health)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia(health)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia(health)
Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia(health)

Acute myelogenous leukemia (health)


Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells being specifically those destined to give rise to the granulocytes or monocytes, both types of white blood cells that fight infections. In AML, these blasts do not mature and so become too numerous. AML can occur in adults or children.