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Definition:
acute myeloid leukemia (uh-KYOOT MY-eh-loyd loo-KEE-mee-uh) listen
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood. Also called acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, AML, and ANLL.