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myelinolysis, central pontine (medicine)


myelinolysis, central pontine


A form of massive demyelination of the pons occurring in malnutrition and alcoholism. The remarkable unsystematic dissolution of the sheaths of medullated fibres is its most certain feature. The lesion varies from only a few millimeters in diameter to almost the entire pons. The basic pathology is the destruction of the medullated sheaths throughout the lesions with relative sparing of the axis cylinders and intactness of the nerve cells of the pontine nuclei. Pathologically it is easily differentiated from infarction and the inflammatory demyelinations of multiple sclerosis and postinfectious encephalomyelitis. There does not appear to be a genetic, sex, or age factor. It is often, however, associated with some Other serious disease, particularly chronic alcoholism. (adams & victor, principles of neurology, 2d ed, p720)


Verdant (medicine)


verdant


1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. "Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass." (Milton)

2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth.

Origin: F. Verdoyant, p. Pr. Of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, OF. Verdoier, verdeier, fr. Verd, vert, green, fr. L. Viridis green, fr. Virere to be green: cf. OF. Verdant verdant, L. Viridans, p. Pr. Of viridare to make green. Cf. Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert.

Source: Websters Dictionary