ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encephalomyelitis mean? 

• ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (noun)
  The noun ENCEPHALOMYELITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the brain and spinal cord

  Familiarity information: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("encephalomyelitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

It is the most common clinical presentation of paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis.

(Paraneoplastic Subacute Sensory Neuronopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is used as an animal model for demyelinating diseases of the human central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis.

(Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis.

(Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)