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amyelous

amyelous adjective: lacking the spinal cord.

Adjective

amyelous (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Lacking the spinal cord.
    • amyelous foetus
    • amyelous embryo

Origin of amyelous

From a- + myelo- + -ous.

Questions about amyelous

What does amyelous mean?
Amyelous means lacking the spinal cord.
What part of speech is amyelous?
Amyelous is an adjective.

Words near amyelous in the dictionary

  1. amyelination
  2. amyelinations
  3. amyelinic
  4. amyelonic
  5. amyelotrophy
  6. amyelous
  7. Amyes
  8. amygdal
  9. amygdal-
  10. amygdala
  11. amygdalaceous

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