encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy

UK/ɛnˌsɛfələˌmaɪələɹəˌdɪkjʊlənjʊˈɹɒpəθi/

noun

A condition involving inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, nerve roots, and peripheral nerves, typically resulting in symptoms like weakness, pain, and sensory or motor problems.

Scrabble 55

Meanings

nounencephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy (plural encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathies)

plural encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathies

  1. medicineA condition involving inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, nerve roots, and peripheral nerves, typically resulting in symptoms like weakness, pain, and sensory or motor problems.

    The authors advocate for combined therapy in cases of severe encephalomyelitis characterized by encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy.

    2011, Dorothée Chabas, Emmanuelle L. Waubant, Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System in Childhood, page 215
    2 more examples

    We present two children with seizures and other signs of cerebral involvement at the outset of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, consistent with a diagnosis of encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy.

    1988, Excerpta Medica: Section 7: Pediatrics and pediatric surgery: Volume 61

    The presumed cause of encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy of this type is an abnormal immune response triggered by an antecedent infection[…]

    1993, Peter James, Peripheral neuropathy: Volume 2

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