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Myelin Myelitis Myeloma Myelocele

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Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ MYELALGIA  id+ MYELO concerns "MARROW" or CORE CELLS
                 both of the NERVOUS and BONE MARROW CELLS
             med> PAIN IN THE SPINAL CORD
~ MYELIA~    pertaining to the MARROW
             gr   MYELOS = MARROW
~ MYELIN     id+ A BIOLOGIC ELECTRIC INSULATOR
             biol> SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
                   COMPONENT OF THE MEMBRANE OF
                   SCHWAN CELLS thus PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
~ MYELINOPATHY  med> DISEASE OF WHITE MATTER OF THE BRAIN
~ MYELITIS      med>  INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD
~ MYELOBLAST    biol> IMMATURE BONE MARROW CELL
~ MYELOCELE     biol> PROTRUSION OF SPINAL CORD TISSUES
~ MYELOID       biol> CELLS RELATED TO THE BONE MARROW
~ MYELOMA       biol> med> TUMOR or NEOPLASIA or CANCER of
                           CELLS IN THE BONE MARROW
~ MYELOPLEGIA   med> another term for STROKE

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