Definition of Myelon

1. n. The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)

Definition of Myelon

1. the spinal cord [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myelon

myelograms
myelography
myeloid
myeloid leukemia
myeloidin
myeloma
myelomas
myelomata
myelomatoses
myelomatosis
myelomatous
myelomeningocele
myelomeningoceles
myelomonocyte
myelomonocytic
myelon (current term)
myelonal
myeloneuropathy
myelons
myelopathic
myelopathies
myelopathy
myeloperoxidase
myeloperoxidases
myeloplax
myeloplaxes
myelopoiesis
myelopoietic
myeloproliferative
myelosuppression

Literary usage of Myelon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The myelon in Mammals, as in Birds, quits, in the course of develope- ment, the hinder part of the neural canal, moving and concentrating forwards, ..."

2. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"Corresponding with the origins of the large nerves forming the brachial and sacral plexuses, and supplying respectively the arms and the legs, tlie myelon ..."

3. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1900)
"The SPINAL CORD, or myelon, is the more or less cylindrical mass of nervous matter, of varying dimensions, enclosed within the neural canal of the spinal ..."

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