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encephalomyelitogenic

encephalomyelitogenic adjective: tending to rouse, or to be roused by encephalomyelitis.

Adjective

encephalomyelitogenic (not comparable)

  1. Tending to rouse, or to be roused by encephalomyelitis.
    • It was concluded, therefore, that the yellow fever vaccination had activated some encephalomyelitogenic virus latent in the affected children.1956, Kenneth C. Smithburn, Yellow Fever Vaccination, World Health Organization - The Michigan University Press, page 164
    • In this context, exposure to house dogs, especially in childhood, might be an easy way for human contamination with a heterogeneous morbillivirus which is highly encephalomyelitogenic.1985, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, Neurologie et Psychiatrie - Volume 23, The California University Press, page 61

Forms of encephalomyelitogenic

alternative formencephalo-myelitogenic

Origin of encephalomyelitogenic

From encephalo- + myelitogenic.

Questions about encephalomyelitogenic

What does encephalomyelitogenic mean?
Encephalomyelitogenic means tending to rouse, or to be roused by encephalomyelitis.
What part of speech is encephalomyelitogenic?
Encephalomyelitogenic is an adjective.

Words near encephalomyelitogenic in the dictionary

  1. encephalometry
  2. encephalomyelitic
  3. encephalomyelitides
  4. encephalomyelitis
  5. encephalomyelitis disseminata
  6. encephalomyelitogenic
  7. encephalomyelocele
  8. encephalomyeloceles
  9. encephalomyelopathies
  10. encephalomyelopathy
  11. encephalomyeloradiculitis

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