miailíteas

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -íteas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiəlʲiːtʲəsˠ/

Noun

miailíteas m (genitive singular miailítis)

1. (pathology) myelitis

Declension

Declension of miailíteas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative miailíteas vocative a mhiailítis genitive miailítis dative miailíteas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an miailíteas genitive an mhiailítis dative leis an miailíteas don mhiailíteas

Derived terms

• oistéimiailíteas (“osteomyelitis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miailíteas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
miailíteas	mhiailíteas	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miailíteas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “myelitis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “miailíteas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “miailíteas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025