myelitis

[ mahy-uh-lahy-tis ]

/ ˌmaɪ əˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.

inflammation of the bone marrow.

Nearby words

myelinated, myelinated fiber, myelination, myeline, myelinolysis, myelitis, myelo-, myeloblast, myeloblastemia, myeloblastic leukemia, myeloblastoma

Origin of myelitis

First recorded in 1825–35; myel- + -itis

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Examples from the Web for myelitis

Myelitis may be confined to a small spot in the cord or may involve the whole for a variable distance.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
When the tumor is within the spinal cord itself all the symptoms of myelitis may be present.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
Myelitis, mī-e-lī′tis, n. inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Affections of the Spinal Cord are extremely rare, but paraplegia from myelitis has been observed.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

In encephalitis and myelitis there is an interruption of motor nerve-currents.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

British Dictionary definitions for myelitis

myelitis

/ (ˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs) /

noun

inflammation of the spinal cord or of the bone marrow

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Medicine definitions for myelitis

myelitis

[ mī′ə-lī′tĭs ]

n.

Inflammation of the spinal cord.

Inflammation of the bone marrow.

Related forms

my′e•lit′ic (-lĭt′ĭk) adj.