Definitions for "MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME"
Considered to be preleukaemic, this syndrome is characterized by disordered haematopoiesis, with a decrease in mature white blood cells, platelets and erythrocytes.
(MYE-eh-lo-dis-PLAS-tik SIN-drome): See Preleukemia.
A syndrome characterised by the appearance of atypical cells in the bone marrow. MDS can progress to leukaemia.