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" (132 found)
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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 inflammationmetritis
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milk legmucous colitismumps meningitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritisparadental pyorrheapenitispericarditisperiodontitis
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peritonitispharyngitisphlebitispodagraproliferative 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
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