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my·e·lit·ic
(mī'ĕ-lit'ik),Relating to or affected by myelitis.
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my·e·lit·ic
(mī'ĕ-lit'ik)Relating to or affected by myelitis.
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myelitis
(mi-e-li'tis) [? + itis, inflammation]1. Inflammation of the spinal cord, resulting from either an infection (e.g., a viral or bacterial infection) or a noninfectious necrosing or demyelinating lesion of the cord. Patients often exhibit flaccid limb paralysis, incontinence, weakness or numbness of the limbs, and other symptoms. See: poliomyelitis
2. Inflammation of bone marrow. See: osteomyelitismyelitic (mi-el-it'ik), adjective
acute myelitis
Myelitis that develops rapidly, that is, in hours or days. Myelitis of rapid onset is more likely to be reversible than chronic or slowly developing inflammation of the spinal cord.
acute ascending myelitis
Myelitis that moves progressively upward in the spinal cord.
acute transverse myelitis
An acute form of myelitis involving the entire thickness of the spinal cord, developing, for example, subsequent to injury to the spinal cord.
bulbar myelitis
Myelitis involving the medulla oblongata.
central myelitis
Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.
compression myelitis
Myelitis caused by pressure on the spinal cord, as by a hemorrhage or tumor.
descending myelitis
Myelitis affecting successively lower areas of the spinal cord.
disseminated myelitis
Inflammation of several separate areas of the spinal cord.
focal myelitis
Myelopathy of small areas of the spinal cord.
hemorrhagic myelitis
Myelitis with hemorrhage.
sclerosing myelitis
Myelopathy wherein there is hardening of the spinal cord.
transverse myelitis
Myelitis involving the whole thickness of the spinal cord, but limited longitudinally.
traumatic myelitis
Myelitis due to spinal cord injury.
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