myelitis

English

Etymology

From myelo- +‎ -itis. From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “fire”).

Noun

myelitis (countable and uncountable, plural myelites or myelitides)

1. Inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.

Derived terms

• acute flaccid myelitis
• encephalomyelitis
• meningomyelitis
• myelitic
• osteomyelitis
• poliomyelitis
• radiculomyelitis

 

Related terms

• myelopathy

Further reading

• “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.