Definition of "AML"

AML

noun
countable and uncountable, plural AMLs
1. (countable, uncountable, hematology, oncology) Initialism of acute myeloid leukemia.
  Quotations
  Secondary AML was assigned if a patient had a history of chemotherapy/radiation therapy for a malignancy and/or had a history of preleukemic disease (eg, myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS], myeloproliferative neoplasm [MPN]).
  2018, C Ustan et al., “Core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21): Risk factors and a novel scoring system (I-CBFit)”, in Cancer Medicine
2. (oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute myeloblastic leukemia.
3. (oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute myelogenous leukemia.
4. (uncountable) Initialism of anti-money laundering.
  Quotations
  “Their AML regulation isn't as stringent because of the anonymity around some of their banking rules,” he says.
  2023 October 28, Mark Ellwood, “From utility bills to Aston Martins”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 2