myelophthisis
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myelophthisis
(¦mī·ə·lō′this·əs)
(medicine) Loss of bone marrow. Atrophy of the spinal cord.
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my·e·loph·thi·sis
(mī'ə-lŏf'thĭ-sĭs, -lō-tī'-,)
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n.
- Wasting or atrophy of the spinal cord.
- Replacement of hemopoietic tissue in the bone marrow by abnormal tissue, usually fibrous tissue or malignant tumors. Also called panmyelophthisis.
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myelophthisic
Pertaining to or emanating from myelophthisis.
- m. anemia — see myelopathic anemia.
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myelophthisis
(mī əlōfthī′sis)
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A displacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, carcinoma, or leukemia.
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