Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Leucemia mieloide crónica
Chronic myeloid leukemia (KRAH-nik MY-eh-loyd loo-KEE-mee-uh)
A slowly progressing disease in which too many white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are made in the bone marrow. Also called chronic granulocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and CML.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.