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": a soft white material that forms a thick layer around the axons of some neurons and is composed chiefly of lipids (such as cerebroside and cholesterol), water, and smaller amounts of protein":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As more and more myelin gets destroyed\u2014a process called demyelination1\u2014M.S. symptoms pop up. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Blocking seizures with the anti-epilepsy drug ethosuximide (sold under the name Zarontin by Pfizer) reduced the thickening of the myelin . \u2014 Jonathan Wosen, STAT , 4 May 2022",
"In this case, your immune system mistakenly attacks your myelin and damages the myelin sheath. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 7 Mar. 2022",
"When the myelin is damaged, your nerve signals can\u2019t function properly, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Glatiramer acetate is injected under your skin to help prevent your immune system from attacking your myelin . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But scientists don\u2019t know if extra myelin is a cause or an effect of misophonia. \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The diagnosis is confirmed if a patient has damaged myelin in at least two areas of the central nervous system and has had at least two relapses, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The inflammation then damages the myelin that covers and protects the nerve fibers, the Mayo Clinic explains, which can cause sharp pain in the lower back, weakness in the limbs, odd sensations of numbness or tingling, and bowel or bladder issues. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 10 Sep. 2020"
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"borrowed from German Myelin, from Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + German -in -in entry 1 \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": inflammation of the spinal cord or of the bone marrow":[]
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"\u02ccm\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt-\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis . \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
"According to a paper that came out last week, the missing-in-action list also includes enterovirus D68, a likely culprit behind the polio-like kids\u2019 disease acute flaccid myelitis . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The record will mark their third without founding member Joey Jordison who was removed from the band\u2019s lineup in 2013 citing transverse myelitis , a form of multiple sclerosis that hindered his ability to perform. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
"After he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis , treatment began immediately. \u2014 David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The condition Ardis referenced is called acute flaccid myelitis , or AFM. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2021",
"One person developed transverse myelitis , a rare but potentially serious neurological condition. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 Dec. 2020",
"In the lead-up to his exit from the group, Jordison was hospitalized in 2012 and was diagnosed with transverse myelitis , which impacted his legs. \u2014 Jolie Lash, EW.com , 27 July 2021",
"Transverse myelitis can result from a number of causes that set off the body\u2019s inflammatory responses, including viral infections, said Dr. Gabriella Garcia, a neurologist at Yale New Haven Hospital. \u2014 Katie Thomas, New York Times , 8 Sep. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin (in German context), from Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + New Latin -itis -itis \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210611"
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"myeloproliferative":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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": of, relating to, or being a disorder (such as leukemia) marked by excessive proliferation of bone marrow elements and especially blood cell precursors":[]
"Impact Biomedicines focuses on treatments for patients with related cancers that are classified as myeloproliferative neoplasms, according to the company\u2019s website. \u2014 Reuters, sandiegouniontribune.com , 7 Jan. 2018"
"borrowed from German Myelocyt, from myelo- myelo- + -cyt -cyte":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085752"
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"myelin sheath":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the insulating covering that surrounds an axon with multiple spiral layers of myelin , that is discontinuous at the nodes of Ranvier , and that increases the speed at which a nerve impulse can travel along an axon":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In earlier work, Hauser and his colleagues found that the tissue damage in MS is primarily directed by B cells, which attack the myelin sheath protecting nerves. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In this case, your immune system mistakenly attacks your myelin and damages the myelin sheath . \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In the case of MS, the body attacks its myelin sheath , a protective covering for the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. \u2014 Jocelyn Solis-moreira, Health.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"In the disease, inflammation damages the myelin sheath that insulates nerve cells, ultimately disrupting signals to and from the brain and causing a variety of symptoms, from numbness and pain to paralysis. \u2014 Lydia Denworth, Scientific American , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The mutations may damage the nerves or damage the myelin sheath , the protective coating that surrounds the nerve. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Without the myelin sheath , signals that go through a nerve are slowed or lost, which causes the nerve to malfunction. \u2014 Aarti Sarwal, The Conversation , 7 July 2020",
"Both widening of the nodal gap and thinning of the myelin sheath slow the speed of impulse transmission. \u2014 R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American , 12 Mar. 2020",
"When the protective covering on nerve fibers (also known as the myelin sheath ) is worn away from this damage, the nerves don't work how they're supposed to, causing communication errors between the brain and body. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 1 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an anemic condition in which bone marrow becomes fibrotic and the liver and spleen usually exhibit a development of blood-cell precursors":[]
"The deal was struck three months after Sierra\u2019s lead drug, a treatment for the blood cancer myelofibrosis , succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Constellation, based in Cambridge, Mass. is in the late stage of clinical trials for a drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis , a type of bone marrow cancer. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 2 June 2021",
"The cause was myelofibrosis , a blood disorder, said a son, Robert Wiser. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2021",
"With 30 myelofibrosis patients now treated and evaluable in its mid-stage study, the 24-week spleen response rate to CPI-0610 \u2014 when used on top of Incyte\u2019s market-leading drug Jakafi \u2014 stands at 63%. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 12 June 2020",
"The cause was complications of a stem cell transplant in 2013 to treat her myelofibrosis , a chronic form of leukemia, her partner, Steve Clicque, said. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
"About two years ago, Pamela Dobay received a stem-cell transplant to treat her myelofibrosis , a rare type of bone marrow cancer. \u2014 Katie Camero, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Fedratinib targets a mutation called JAK2 that drives certain kinds of myelofibrosis . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Aug. 2019",
"The drug, fedratinib, treats certain kinds of a bone marrow cancer called myelofibrosis . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Aug. 2019"
],
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"myelo- + fibrosis":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121152"
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"myelencephalon":{
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": the posterior part of the developing vertebrate hindbrain or the corresponding part of the adult brain composed of the medulla oblongata":[]
"Craig Thompson, the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, recently launched Agios Pharmaceuticals, which is testing drugs against a mutant enzyme that drives metabolism in acute myelogenous leukemia. \u2014 Jessica Wapner, Newsweek , 17 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German myelogen, from myelo- myelo- + -gen -genous":""
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"myelino clastic",
"myelino genesis",
"myelino genetic"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110114"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disease or disorder of the spinal cord or bone marrow":[]
"A vet diagnosed Bodza with degenerative myelopathy , a fatal disease that causes the progressive degeneration of a dog's spinal cord. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 6 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"myelo- + -pathy":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1891, in the meaning defined above":""
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"myelogenous leukemia":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": leukemia characterized by proliferation of myeloid tissue (as of the bone marrow and spleen) and an abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes, myelocytes, and myeloblasts in the circulating blood":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The life lessons taught by his dad Vincent, who died last November on his 80th birthday from chronic myelogenous leukemia , will always stay with Stonestreet. \u2014 Julie Jordan, PEOPLE.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"In March 2017, she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Acute myelogenous leukemia : While ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer, AML is the most common type of blood cancer among young adults, affecting men more often than women, MedlinePlus says. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Acute myeloid leukemia has quite a few different names: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia , acute granulocytic leukemia, and acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, according to the ACS. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Ryan has been diagnosed with cancer twice: chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2001 and stage IV prostate cancer in 2012. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 16 July 2021",
"The cause was acute myelogenous leukemia , a form of blood cancer, said a niece Alison Tweedie-Perry. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 June 2021",
"At only 8 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of leukemia known as acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"In 2017, Paul was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to the spinal cord":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin myelon spinal cord (from Greek myelos marrow) + English -ic":""
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"myeloid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or resembling bone marrow":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A year after Jerry\u2019s death, Ephron developed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the same disease that killed her sister. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Her death, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, was confirmed by her son David Rosenblatt, who said the cause was acute myeloid leukemia. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The first battle began July Fourth weekend 2010 when Brody was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia as a baby. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The science of cancer research has already received a boost from examining genotype and phenotype changes simultaneously, in areas ranging from solid tumors to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). \u2014 Yan Zhang, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"This type of leukemia impact the myeloid stem cells in the bone marrow\u2014the ones that go on to become healthy red and white blood cells, as well as platelets. \u2014 Barbara Brody, Health.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Grenda, 44, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2020. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The Ward 1 seat has been vacant since the May 26 death of council member Rich Swirsky from acute myeloid leukemia. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland , 23 June 2021",
"Production was supposed to begin in March 2020 but was postponed by the pandemic; in May 2020, Shelton died unexpectedly of acute myeloid leukemia. \u2014 Jen Chaney, Vulture , 18 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + -oid entry 2 \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230147"
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"myelomere":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of the segments of the developing central nervous system corresponding with a mesoblastic somite on either side":[]
"The myeloma had spread into his skull and his spinal fluid. \u2014 Angus Chen, STAT , 2 June 2022",
"Emilio had recently been in hospice care after he was diagnosed with Multiple myeloma , a blood cancer, in December 2020. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Multiple myeloma is a cancer affecting plasma cells, and although other treatments have extended patients\u2019 survival in recent years, it is estimated to cause more than 12,400 deaths each year in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Salas, who died Thursday, had been battling myeloma for two years and recently contracted COVID-19, his family said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Galynn Brady was diagnosed with breast cancer and myeloma in 2016. \u2014 Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Multiple myeloma , a cancer of plasma cells, suppresses the body's immune response. \u2014 Jamie Gangel And Jeremy Herb, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Multiple myeloma patients can live for many years with treatment, but it's not considered curable. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Multiple myeloma forms in white blood cells that typically help fight infections, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + -oma \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035508"
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