myeloid leukemia cell acute myeloid leukemia cell AML cell Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the blood and bone marrow. More common in adults, the proliferating cells are of the myeloid hematopoietic series and the cells appearing in the blood are primitive granulocytes or monocytes. BTO:0001545 BrendaTissueOBO acute myeloblastic leukemia cell acute myelogenous leukemia cell