leukomyelitis

leukomyelitis
An inflammatory process involving the white matter of the spinal cord.
- necrotizing hemorrhage l. the pathological substrate responsible for the clinical disorder of acute necrotizing myelitis.

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leu·ko·my·eli·tis (loo″ko-mi″ə-liґtis) [leuko- + myelitis] inflammation of the white substance of the spinal cord.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • myelitis — 1. Inflammation of the spinal cord. 2. Inflammation of the bone marrow. [myel + G. itis, inflammation] acute necrotizing m. a spinal cord disorder, probably a demyelinating …   Medical dictionary

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