myelitis

[ mahy-uh-lahy-tis ]

/ ˌmaɪ əˈlaɪ tɪs /

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noun Pathology.

inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.

inflammation of the bone marrow.

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Origin of myelitis

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

Words nearby myelitis

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

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How to use myelitis in a sentence

One participant in the AstraZeneca clinical trial in Britain developed symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord, but the diagnosis was not confirmed.
Are they experimental? Can they alter DNA? Experts tackle lingering coronavirus vaccine fears.|Allyson Chiu, Lindsey Bever|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
The crazy thing, though, is that the way that the FDA found out about the case of transverse myelitis was the same way the public found out, which was through a leaked story to, I think, STAT News.
What The Heck Is Going On With AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine?|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|March 26, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
“In the history of vaccine development, cases of myelitis are not especially surprising,” says Carlos Pardo-Villamizar, a clinical neurologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center.
Here’s what pausing the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial really means|Aimee Cunningham|September 9, 2020|Science News
Witness the frightful itching sometimes experienced during the progress of chronic myelitis.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep|Henry M. Lyman

Affections of the Spinal Cord are extremely rare, but paraplegia from myelitis has been observed.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Examination of the spinal (lumbar) cord showed acute disseminated myelitis.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
The symptoms are mainly referable to the nervous system, causing a transverse myelitis and paraplegia.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
In another group of cases myelitis is a result of the action of organisms or their toxins.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for myelitis

myelitis

/ (ˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs) /

noun

inflammation of the spinal cord or of the bone marrow

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Medical definitions for myelitis

myelitis

[ mī′ə-lī′tĭs ]

Inflammation of the spinal cord.

Inflammation of the bone marrow.

Other words from myelitis

my′e•lit′ic (-lĭt′ĭk) adj.