myelitis

Term: myelitis

Literally meaning: "inflammation of bone marow"

Origin: Anc Greek

μυελός/myelos(=bone marow, core)>μύω/myo(=be enclosed)

-ίτις (modern Greek -ίτιδα)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun η νόσος/ e nosos=disease), denoting “inflammation of”.

Coined/History

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Definition

Myelitis is a inflammation of the spinal cord.