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myelitis

myelitis noun: inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.

Noun

myelitis (countable and uncountable, plural myelites or myelitides)

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

myelitis meaning in Tamil

myelitis in Tamil

தண்டுவட வீக்கம், தண்டுவடப் பகுதி கொழுப்பு அழற்சி, அழற்சி, சோற்றழல், தண்டுவட அழற்சி, நரம்புறையழற்சி

Forms of myelitis

pluralmyelites
pluralmyelitides

Origin of myelitis

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

Words formed from myelitis

Questions about myelitis

What does myelitis mean?
Myelitis means inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
What is myelitis in Tamil?
Myelitis in Tamil is தண்டுவட வீக்கம், தண்டுவடப் பகுதி கொழுப்பு அழற்சி, அழற்சி. See Myelitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is myelitis?
Myelitis is a noun.
What is the plural of myelitis?
The plural of myelitis is myelites.

Words near myelitis in the dictionary

  1. myelinotrophic
  2. myelins
  3. myelites
  4. myelitic
  5. myelitides
  6. myelitis
  7. myelitogenic
  8. Myell
  9. myelo-
  10. myeloablated
  11. myeloablation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: myelitis (page history and authors); myelitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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