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amyelia

[ am-ahy-ee-lee-uh, -el-ee-uh, am-ee- ]
/ ˌæm aɪˈi li ə, -ˈɛl i ə, ˌæm i- /
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noun Medicine/Medical.
congenital absence of the spinal cord.
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Origin of amyelia

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

OTHER WORDS FROM amyelia

am·y·el·ic [am-ahy-el-ik, am-ee-], /ˌæm aɪˈɛl ɪk, ˌæm i-/, a·my·e·lous [uh-mahy-uh-luhs], /əˈmaɪ ə ləs/, adjective
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