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Myelin Myelitis Myeloma Myelocele
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
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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