Definitions

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  • noun pathology inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves

Etymologies

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neuro- +‎ myelitis

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Examples

  • Until it receives Biogen's approval, Genentech also must stop working on ocrelizumab for a blindness disease called neuromyelitis optica, and stop work on a different drug for cancer, the panel ruled, according to Biogen.

    Biogen Gains Edge in Drug Talks 2009

  • A clue comes from a little known but equally devastating disease called neuromyelitis optica (NMO).

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A clue comes from a little known but equally devastating disease called neuromyelitis optica (NMO).

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • He noted that rituximab has been used successfully in controlled and uncontrolled trials of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • He noted that rituximab has been used successfully in controlled and uncontrolled trials of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • He noted that rituximab has been used successfully in controlled and uncontrolled trials of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • The symptoms -- eye pain, fading colors, loss of vision in one eye -- were diagnosed as neuromyelitis optica, a disorder known as NMO that would have terrified Jackson if she had known then what it is.

    unknown title 2009

  • The symptoms -- eye pain, fading colors, loss of vision in one eye -- were diagnosed as neuromyelitis optica, a disorder known as NMO that would have terrified Jackson if she had known then what it is.

    unknown title 2009

  • The symptoms -- eye pain, fading colors, loss of vision in one eye -- were diagnosed as neuromyelitis optica, a disorder known as NMO that would have terrified Jackson if she had known then what it is.

    unknown title 2009

  • Wolf has neuromyelitis optica, a condition that results in optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerves.

    The Argonaut 2009

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