myelitis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

myelitis (countable and uncountable, plural myelites or myelitides)

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

Derived terms

Further reading
  • myelitis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • myelitis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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