English

Alternative form

• ****

Noun

myelofibrosis ‎(plural myelofibroses)

1. collagen deposition by fibroblasts in the bone marrow, whether primary or secondary to other causes such as medication.

Usage note

**** used as such usually refers to PMF - primary myelofibrosis (although secondary forms also exist, f.e. due to polycythemia vera or essential thrombocythaemia)