The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμῆνῐγξ“membrane”
- English todaymeningomyelocele
From Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -cele. By surface analysis, meningo- + myelocele.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμῆνῐγξ all →
meningitismeninx
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.