| ADEM | academic department of emergency medicine; acute disseminated encephalomyelitis |
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| DCL | dicloxacillin; diffuse or disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis |
| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
| DGI | dentinogenesis imperfecta; disseminated gonococcal infection |
| DH | daily habits; day hospital; dehydrocholate; dehydrogenase; delayed hypersensitivity; dermatitis herp... |
| acute transverse myelitis | Acute inflammation and softening of the spinal cord; involves the entire thickness of the spinal cord but of limited longitudinal extent; multiple aetiologies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ascending myelitis | Progressive inflammation involving successively higher areas of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbar myelitis | Inflammation of the medulla oblongata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiation myelitis | Damage to the spinal cord from exposure to X-rays or other high energy radiation; usually radiation myelitis. Synonym: radiation myelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concussion myelitis | Traumatic myelopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myelitis | <pathology> An infection of the bone marrow. An inflammation or infectionof the spinal cord. (09 Oct 1997) |
| myelitis, transverse | Myelitis in which the functional effect of the lesions spans the width of the entire cord at a given level. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postinfectious myelitis | Spinal cord inflammation that follows a viral infection, usually one of the exanthemas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postvaccinal myelitis | Spinal cord inflammation that follows vaccination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subacute necrotizing myelitis | A disorder of the lower spinal cord in adult males resulting in progressive paraplegia. Synonym: angiodysgenetic myelomalacia, Foix-Alajouanine myelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| demyelinated myelitis | Acute multiple sclerosis presenting as a myelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic myelitis | Inflammation confined to special tracts of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse myelitis | An inflammatory process involving both gray and white matter of spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foix-Alajouanine myelitis | A disorder of the lower spinal cord in adult males resulting in progressive paraplegia. Synonym: angiodysgenetic myelomalacia, Foix-Alajouanine myelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| funicular myelitis | Inflammation involving any of the columns of the spinal cord. Synonym: subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |