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myeloneuropathy

Syllables: my·e·lo·neu·ro·pa·thyUK/ˈmaɪələʊnjʊˌɹɒpəθi/

myeloneuropathy noun: a disease with the features of myelopathy (spinal cord disease) and neuropathy (peripheral nerve disease), which is sometimes caused by a deficiency of copper or vitamin B₁₂.

Noun

myeloneuropathy (countable and uncountable, plural myeloneuropathies)

  1. A disease with the features of myelopathy (spinal cord disease) and neuropathy (peripheral nerve disease), which is sometimes caused by a deficiency of copper or vitamin B₁₂.
    • Diagnosis […] Myeloneuropathy, chronic, traumatic, probably due to injury of L-4, clinically complete motor wise below L-3 and sensory wise below L-3.1966, Bulletin of Prosthetics Research, Washington, D.C.: Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, →OCLC, page 157
    • A myeloneuropathy is caused by inactivation of vitamin B₁₂ by nitrous oxide. Patients with borderline vitamin B₁₂ deficiency who undergo anesthesia using nitrous oxide can also have a myeloneuropathy develop but more often megaloblastic anemia develops, whereas the chronic exposure of recreational...2003, Friedrich von Rosen with John C. M. Brust, “Acute Intoxications”, in Thomas Brandt, Louis R. Caplan, Johannes Dichgans, H. Christoph Diener, Christopher Kennard, editors, Neurological...

Examples of myeloneuropathy in a sentence

  • A myeloneuropathy is caused by inactivation of vitamin B₁₂ by nitrous oxide.2003, Friedrich von Rosen with John C. M. Brust, “Acute Intoxications”, in Thomas Brandt, Louis R. Caplan, Johannes Dichgans, H. Christoph...
  • Copper deficiency has been associated with a clinical syndrome, myeloneuropathy.2006 November, B. P. Goodman with B. W. Chong, A. C. Patel, G. P. Fletcher, and B. E. Smith, “Copper Deficiency Myeloneuropathy Resembling...

Forms of myeloneuropathy

pluralmyeloneuropathies

Origin of myeloneuropathy

From myelo- + neuropathy.

Questions about myeloneuropathy

What does myeloneuropathy mean?
Myeloneuropathy means a disease with the features of myelopathy (spinal cord disease) and neuropathy (peripheral nerve disease), which is sometimes caused by a deficiency of copper or vitamin B₁₂.
How do you use myeloneuropathy in a sentence?
A myeloneuropathy is caused by inactivation of vitamin B₁₂ by nitrous oxide.
What part of speech is myeloneuropathy?
Myeloneuropathy is a noun.
How do you pronounce myeloneuropathy?
Myeloneuropathy is pronounced /ˈmaɪələʊnjʊˌɹɒpəθi/ (UK).
What is the plural of myeloneuropathy?
The plural of myeloneuropathy is myeloneuropathies.

Words near myeloneuropathy in the dictionary

  1. myelomonocytes
  2. myelomonocytic
  3. myelon
  4. myelonal
  5. myeloneuropathies
  6. myeloneuropathy
  7. myeloneutrophil
  8. myeloneutrophils
  9. myelonic
  10. myelopathic
  11. myelopathies

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