myeloproliferative disorder

Definition / meaning of myeloproliferative disorder

A group of slow growing blood cancers, including chronic myelogenous leukemia, in which large numbers of abnormal red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets grow and spread in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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