MYELITIS

(Lat.), n. f. Mi(mu8)-el-i(e)'tis. Gen., -it'idos (-idix). From /uveAo?, marrow (see also -it is*). Fr., myelite. Ger., M., Rilckenmarksentziindung(Istdef.). 1. Inflammation of the spinal cord. [D, 1; L, 41 (a, 14).] 2. See OSTEOMYELITIS. Acute bulbar m. Lat., TO. bulb i acnta. A form of m. characterized by its sudden onset, and by vomiting, hiccough, dysphagia.dysphonia, etc., soon followed by acute bulbar paralysis and death from asphyxia. [D, 35.] Acute central m. A form of m. with symptoms' like those of acute ascending paralysis. It begins suddenly with disturbances of sensation, soon followed by anaesthesia and paralysis of the lower extremities, bladder, and rectum, lo of reflex excitability, atrophy of the paralyzed muscles, with lo of faradaic contractility and with the reaction of degeneration. It rapidly advances upward until the muscles of deglutition and finally those of respiration are paralyzed, and death results from asphyxia. [D, 35.] Acute cervical transverse m. A form of m. which begins with pain and muscular spasm in the back of the neck, and paralysis of the upper and sometimes of the lower extremities. The inflammatory proce usually ascends to the medulla, death resulting from asphyxia. fD, 35 ] Acute diffused m. Acute m. affecting the entire spinal cord. [D, 34.] Acute dorsal transverse m. A form of m. attended by symptoms le severe A, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A*, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 54]