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Meaning of chronic granulocytic leukemia: A slowly progressing disease in which too many white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are made in the bone marrow.

Definition of chronic granulocytic leukemia

A slowly progressing disease in which too many white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are made in the bone marrow. Also called chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and CML.

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