amyelia

[am-ahy-ee-lee-uh, -el-ee-uh, am-ee-]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. congenital absence of the spinal cord.

Other Word Forms

• amyelic adjective
• amyelous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of amyelia¹

< New Latin < Greek amȳ́el ( os ) marrowless ( a- ⁶, myel- ) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

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.

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