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myeloencephalitis

myeloencephalitis noun: inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain.

Noun

myeloencephalitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain

Origin of myeloencephalitis

From myelo- + encephalitis.

Questions about myeloencephalitis

What does myeloencephalitis mean?
Myeloencephalitis means inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain.
What part of speech is myeloencephalitis?
Myeloencephalitis is a noun.

Words near myeloencephalitis in the dictionary

  1. myelodysplasias
  2. myelodysplasic
  3. myelodysplastic
  4. myelodysplastic syndrome
  5. myelodysplastic syndromes
  6. myeloencephalitis
  7. myeloencephalopathies
  8. myeloencephalopathy
  9. myeloerythroid
  10. myeloerythropoiesis
  11. myelofibroses

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