The New York Times reported Wednesday that the volunteer, based in Britain, was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an inflammatory syndrome that affects the spinal cord and is often sparked by viral infections.
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Myelitis
Synonyms for "myelitis" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
adenoiditisadrenitisappendicitisarteritisarthritisarthritis deformansarthritis fungosaarthritis pauperumatrophic arthritisatrophic inflammationblennorrhagic arthritisbrain feverbronchitisbunionbursitiscapillaritiscarditiscatarrhcatarrhal inflammationcerebellitis
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cerebral meningitiscerebritiscerebrospinal meningitischronic infectious arthritischronic inflammationcirrhotic inflammationclimactic arthritis
Strong matches (40)
clitoritiscolitiscollagen diseaseconjunctivitiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiffuse inflammationencephalitisendocarditisenteritisequine encephalomyelitisexudative inflammationfibroid inflammationfocal inflammationgastritisgingivitisglossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritisgonorrheal rheumatism
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goutgouty arthritishemophilic arthritishepatitishyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinflammationirritable bowel syndromelaryngitislumbagolumbar rheumatismmastoiditismeningitismenopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritismilk leg
Related words (66)
mucous colitismumps meningitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritisparadental pyorrheapenitispericarditisperiodontitisperitonitis
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pharyngitisphlebitispodagraproliferative arthritisprostatitispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisreactive inflammationrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissclerosing inflammationseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitissimple inflammationsinusitisspastic colonspecific inflammationsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationsyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitisthrombophlebitistonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismulcerative colitisuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswryneck
Noun(1 words)
spinal cord inflammation
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More general
5 entriesMore specific
3 entriesautoimmune myelitisinfectious myelitistransverse myelitis
Collocations
6 entriesacute myelitisautoimmune myelitisinfectious myelitisspinal cord inflammationtransverse myelitisviral myelitis
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
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