amyelia
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Origin of amyelia
< New Latin < Greek amȳ́el ( os ) marrowless ( see a- 6, myel-) + -ia -ia
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Foot records a case of amyelia, or absence of the spinal cord, in a fetus with hernia cerebri and complete fissure of the spinal column.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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