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amyelia

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[am-ahy-ee-lee-uh, -el-ee-uh, am-ee-] / ˌæm aɪˈi li ə, -ˈɛl i ə, ˌæm i- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. congenital absence of the spinal cord.


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Etymology

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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