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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
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 ..."