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myelo-|ˈmaɪələʊ, maɪəˈlɒ| before a vowel myel-, combining f. Gr. µυελός, µυελόν (see myelon), used in many medical and chemical terms, of which the following are typical examples: ˈmyelocone [Gr. κονίς dust]: see quots. myeˈloidic, myeˈloidin: see quot. 1872. ˌmyeloˈmargarin, a fatty substance obtained by Köhler from the tissue of the central nervous system. ˌmyelomonoˈcytic a., designating that form of leukæmia which is characterized by the presence in the circulating blood of myeloid cells of both the monocytic and the myelocytic series. myeˈlopathy, disease of the spinal cord; hence ˌmyeloˈpathic a. ˈmyeloplaque, ˈmyeloplax [Gr. πλάξ anything flat and broad] = osteoclast (a). ˈmyeloplast [-plast] = prec.; hence ˌmyeloˈplastic a., connected with myeloplasts. ˌmyeloproˈliferative a., characterized by or pertaining to the proliferation of cells of or derived from the bone marrow; esp. in myeloproliferative syndrome (see quot. 1974).
1878Kingzett Anim. Chem. 267 Kühn gave to one of the principles of the brain the name of cerebrine, and to another that of *myelokon. 1891Syd. Soc. Lex., Myelocone, term employed by Couerbe for a fatty substance obtained from the cerebral structures and which consists chiefly of pulverulent stearine.
1872Watts Dict. Chem. Suppl., *Myeloïdin and *Myeloïdic acid. These names are given by Köhler..to two phosphoretted bodies which he has extracted from brain.
1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 329 His [sc. Köhler's] *myelomargarin.
1958Dameshek & Gunz Leukemia viii. 161 (heading) ‘*Myelo-monocytic’ leukemia. 1960F. G. J. Hayhoe Leukaemia ii. 13 A mixed picture of early monocytic and myelocytic cells is seen, and this variety is called acute myelo-monocytic leukaemia or the Naegeli type of acute leukaemia. 1972Nature 4 Feb. 274/2 High levels of urinary lysozyme activity were observed in acute monocytic and myelomonocytic leukaemia.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 83 The atrophy of muscle may be *myelopathic, and have a central spinal origin.
1891Syd. Soc. Lex., *Myelopathy. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 207 Progressive spinal muscular atrophy (Progressive myelopathy, wasting palsy).
1877Schäfer Histol. 93 Another element to be found in the marrow is..the *myeloplaque or ostoclast.
1891Syd. Soc. Lex. *Myeloplasts... Large multinucleated protoplasmic masses or giant cells, found in the marrow of bones.
1874H. V. Carter Mycetoma 42 An alteration of the bones produced by a diathesis, such as he supposes to belong to the *myeloplastic formations generally.
1866A. Flint Princ. Med. 51 *Myeoloplaxes [sic], cells in the marrow of bones. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 389 So-called mother-cells with daughter-cells—giant-cells, myeloplaxes.
1951W. Dameshek in Blood VI. 372 (heading) Some speculations on the *myeloproliferative syndromes. 1962Lancet 19 May 1044/2 The levels were generally normal in various other conditions—kidney disease,..acute or chronic liver disease, and neoplastic or myeloproliferative disease. 1974R. P. Custer Atlas Blood & Bone Marrow (ed. 2) xix. 383/1 The term ‘myeloproliferative syndrome’ was suggested by Dameshek to include a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by proliferation of any or all cell lines indigenous to the bone marrow at some time during the course of the disease. |