Word.ws English Dictionary

myeloschisis

myeloschisis noun: a developmental anomaly characterized by a cleft spinal cord, owing to failure of the neural plate to form a complete neural tube, or rupture of the neural tube after closure.

Noun

myeloschisis (uncountable)

  1. A developmental anomaly characterized by a cleft spinal cord, owing to failure of the neural plate to form a complete neural tube, or rupture of the neural tube after closure.

Origin of myeloschisis

From myelo- + schisis.

Questions about myeloschisis

What does myeloschisis mean?
Myeloschisis means a developmental anomaly characterized by a cleft spinal cord, owing to failure of the neural plate to form a complete neural tube, or rupture of the neural tube after closure.
What part of speech is myeloschisis?
Myeloschisis is a noun.

Words near myeloschisis in the dictionary

  1. myeloprotection
  2. myeloprotective
  3. myeloradicular
  4. myeloradiculopathies
  5. myeloradiculopathy
  6. myeloschisis
  7. myelosclerosis
  8. myelosclerotic
  9. myelosupportive
  10. myelosuppress
  11. myelosuppressant

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: myeloschisis (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “myeloschisis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/myeloschisis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.