Definition of syringomyelia in English:
syringomyelia
nounsɪˌrɪŋɡə(ʊ)mʌɪˈiːlɪəsəˌriNGɡōˌmīˈēlyə
mass nounMedicine A chronic progressive disease in which longitudinal cavities form in the cervical region of the spinal cord. This characteristically results in wasting of the muscles in the hands and a loss of sensation.
Example sentencesExamples
- He believed that others would recognize the authenticity of his suffering if more information was available that exposed syringomyelia as a spinal disease similar to spinal cord injury.
- This destroys the spinal cord in an irregular pattern, causing the unusual symptoms associated with syringomyelia.
- This common problem accompanies long-term syringomyelia and involves loss of upward gaze because the neck becomes fused in a cervico-occipital malformation.
- A frequent complication of symptom progression is the person's ongoing need to adjust to evolving functional losses that accompany syringomyelia.
- Diabetes mellitus, tabes dorsalis, and syringomyelia are common causes.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek surinx, suring- 'tube, channel' + muelos 'marrow'.