noun
- Plural of myelitis; instances or cases of inflammation of the spinal cord or bone marrow.
Usage: medical term; chiefly used in clinical and scientific contexts
Examples
- The hospital documented several cases of myelitises in patients with viral infections.
- Transverse myelitises can result in temporary or permanent paralysis.
- Researchers studied different myelitises to understand spinal cord inflammation better.
- The neurologist reviewed the imaging of multiple myelitises from the past year.