Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0328 short lesson, about 20 seconds
myel/o: Spinal Cord
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The idea
The combining form myel slash o also names the spinal cord, an entirely different structure from bone marrow.
In practice
Myelitis may name inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
Where people slip
One combining form, two structures. Here context does the work the word part cannot.
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