Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
sar·gram·o·stim# Pronunciation:
sär-'gram-&s-t&m Function:
noun : a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulatingfactor produced by recombinant DNA technology that is used especially following autologous bone marrow transplantation (as that used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, orHodgkin's disease) to accelerate the division and differentiation of the transplanted bone marrow cells
