Any apoptotic process in a myeloid cell, a cell of the monocyte, granulocyte, mast cell, megakaryocyte, or erythroid lineage. [ GOC:mtg_apoptosis http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000763 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11292031 GOC:add http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15330259 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17133093 ]
Synonyms: apoptosis of myeloid cells