myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
From Greek myelos, marrow
Meaning
What does myel/o mean?
myel/o is a root meaning spinal cord; bone marrow. It comes from Greek myelos, marrow.
Inside words it is spelled myel.
Context decides: myelitis and myelogram point to the spinal cord, myeloma and osteomyelitis to bone marrow.
In real words
Medical words with myel/o
myelomeningocele
open spina bifida, in which a sac holding part of the spinal cord and meninges pushes out through the back
inflammation of the spinal cord; occasionally used for inflammation of the bone marrow
any disorder of the spinal cord (the term is sometimes also used for bone marrow)
an x-ray image of the spinal cord taken after dye is injected into the space around it
a blood cancer in which abnormal plasma cells, a type of white blood cell, build up in the bone marrow
infection and inflammation of bone, which may spread to the bone marrow
an immature white blood cell in bone marrow, at a stage between a myeloblast and a myelocyte
an immature white blood cell, the stage after the myelocyte, with a kidney-shaped nucleus
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Parts easily confused with myel/o
In the dictionary
More terms built with it
Terms in our life science dictionary that list myel/o among their word parts.
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Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
- Word Parts and Structural Terms – Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach
- 16.2 Word Components Related to the Nervous System – Medical Terminology 2e
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