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cml (medicine)


CML -->
chronic myeloid leukaemia
<haematology> A leukaemia which is initially slowly-progressing. There are approximately 650 new cases each year in the UK. It is characterised by the presence of large numbers of abnormal mature granulocytes, circulating in the blood.

Synonym: chronic granulocytic leukaemia.

Acronym: CML

Origin: Gr. Haima = blood


Day of the Triffids, The (oh)



a science Fiction book by John Wyndham. The triffids are large poisonous plants that can move, and they become powerful after a bright light in the sky makes most people blind.