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meningomyelitis

meningomyelitis noun: inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping arachnoid and pia mater, and less commonly also of the dura mater.

Noun

meningomyelitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping arachnoid and pia mater, and less commonly also of the dura mater

Origin of meningomyelitis

From meningo- + myelitis.

Questions about meningomyelitis

What does meningomyelitis mean?
Meningomyelitis means inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping arachnoid and pia mater, and less commonly also of the dura mater.
What part of speech is meningomyelitis?
Meningomyelitis is a noun.

Words near meningomyelitis in the dictionary

  1. meningoencephalopathic
  2. meningoencephalopathies
  3. meningoencephalopathy
  4. meningogenic
  5. meningomyelitic
  6. meningomyelitis
  7. meningomyelocele
  8. meningomyeloencephalitis
  9. meningomyeloradiculitis
  10. meningopneumonitis
  11. meningoradiculoneuritis

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