myeloid
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myeloid


Term: myeloid
Literally meaning: ?bone marrow (or core) like?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=to be enclosed)
-??????/-oides(=-oid, prefix meaning ?like?, ?type?, ?form?)
Coined/History
In 1869 by The Neumann, as he was the first to recognize that white blood cells were made in the bone marrow and not in the spleen
Definition
Myeloid is a generic term refering to non to the nonlymphocytic leucocytes (white blood cells) in the bone marrow or spinal cord including the granulocytes, monocytes and platelets






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Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...

- Myelocele
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- Myeloplegia
Term: myeloplegiaLiterally meaning: ?be stricken on bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+>??????/plesso(=strike)Coined/History(?)Definition Myeloplegia is the medical term for spinal paralysis....

- Myelocyte
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- Myeloma
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