See Also: myelocele(medicine)
myelocele(dictionary)

calluna (iou) and myelocele (iou)


calluna (iou)



calluna noun. E19.
[mod. Latin, from Greek kallunein beautify, sweep clean, from kallos Beauty.]
Common heather or ling, Calluna vulgaris.

myelocele (iou)



myelocele noun1. Also myelocoele. L19.
[from MYELO- + -CELE.]
Medicine. Spina bifida in which the spinal cord is exposed over part of its length, usu. without protrusion as a swelling; an area of neural tissue so exposed. Cf. MYELOMENINGOCELE.