AML (acute myelogenous leukemia)
(a-KYUTE mI-eh-LAJ-a-nus loo-KEY-mee-a)
A rapidly progressing cancer in which a large number of abnormal white blood cells are present in the blood and in the bone marrow. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
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