myelitis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
myelo- + -itis. From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “fire”).
Noun[edit]
myelitis (countable and uncountable, plural myelites or myelitides)
- Inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
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Further reading[edit]
- “myelitis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “myelitis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.