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ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Specialty Definition: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

DomainDefinition

Biology & Biotechnology

Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, often caused by viral or bacterial infections. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A general term indicating inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, often used to indicate an infectious process, but also applicable to a variety of autoimmune and toxic-metabolic conditions. There is significant overlap regarding the usage of this term and encephalitis in the literature. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Specialty definitions using "ENCEPHALOMYELITIS": Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus, CaprineBorna DiseaseCoronaviral encephalomyelitisEncephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine, Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine, Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine, Encephalomyocarditis VirusGastroenteritis Virus, Murinehaemagglutinating encephalomyelitis, haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis of piglets, haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus disease of pigs, Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine, Herpesvirus 1, Suidlouping illNear Eastern equine encephalomyelitis'Ontario encephalitis'Ontario encephalomyelitis, ovine encephalomyelitisporcine haemagglutinating encephalomyelitisTheiler Murine Encephalomyelitis VirusVisna-Maedi Virus, vomiting and wasting disease'vomiting and wasting'syndrome. (references)

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Modern Usage: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Subacute Encephalomyelitis (1932)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

DomainTitle

References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Comparative neuropathology of chronic experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis (reference)

  • Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis : a useful model for multiple sclerosis : a satellite conference of the International Society of Neurochemists held at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 16-19 1983 (reference)

  • Immunoregulatory Processes in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis (Research Monographs in Immunology, Vol 7) (reference)

  • The Epstein-Barr Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Diet (reference)

  • The Suppression of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Natl Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Fibromyalgia Action Network Membership (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Myelin-attacking T cells were removed, inactivated, and injected back into animals with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). (references)

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADE) is a neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord caused by damage to the myelin sheath. (references)

When brain tissue from rabies virus-infected animals are stained with a histologic stain, such as hematoxylin and eosin, evidence of encephalomyelitis may be recognized by a trained microscopist. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

"ENCEPHALOMYELITIS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ENCEPHALOMYELITIS" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Expressions using "ENCEPHALOMYELITIS": avian encephalomyelitis Chlamydial encephalomyelitis Coronaviral encephalomyelitis eastern equine encephalomyelitis encephalomyelitis optica equine encephalomyelitis equine viral encephalomyelitis haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis of piglets haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus disease of pigs infectious avian encephalomyelitis Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis Ontario encephalomyelitis ovine encephalomyelitis porcine haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis Theiler Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis western equine encephalomyelitis. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ENCEPHALOMYELITIS": polio-encephalomyelitis.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

myalgic encephalomyelitis

33

encephalomyelitis acute disseminated

23

avian encephalomyelitis

18

encephalomyelitis

15

acute adem disseminated encephalomyelitis

3

encephalomyelitis equine

3

acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Language Translations for "ENCEPHALOMYELITIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

epidemisk tremor (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), eastern equine encephalitis (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encephalomyelitis hos hest (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), encephalomyelitis ovina (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), enzootisk encephalomyelitis hos hest (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), louping ill hos faar (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), infektiøs encephalomyelitis avium (infectious avian encephalomyelitis), Western equine encephalomyelitis (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), neuromyelitis nervi optici (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), aviaer encephalomyelitis (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), neuromyelitis optica acuta (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), porcin enteroviral encephalomyelitis (porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis), Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis), Western equine encephalitis-virus (western equine encephalomyelitis virus), Devic's syndrom (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), bornasyge (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), hesteencephalitis (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Eastern paardenencefalomyelitis (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), Encefalomyelitis bij pluimvee (Avian encephalomyelitis Epidemic tremor), encephalomyelitis (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), neuromyelitis optica acuta (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), besmettelijke varkensverlamming (porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis), chronisch vermoeidheidssyndroom (chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis), CVS (myalgic encephalomyelitis), louping ill (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), AE (astronomical unit, Avian encephalomyelitis Epidemic tremor, United Arab Emirates), myalgische encefalitis (myalgic encephalomyelitis), ziekte van Devic (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), ophthalmoneuromyelitis (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), paardeëncefalomyelitis (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), paarden encefalomyelitis (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), trilziekte (avian encephalomyelitis, Avian encephalomyelitis Epidemic tremor, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), Venezolaanse paardenencefalomyelitis (Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis), Western paardenencefalomyelitis (and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), ziekte van Borna (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), ME (me, myself). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

louping-ill (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), lampaan aivo-selkäydintulehdus (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), kanan tarttuva aivo-selkäydintulehdus (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), hevosen tarttuva aivo-selkäydintulehdus (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), Borna-tauti (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), avian encephalomyelitis (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), AE (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis, United Arab Emirates). (various references)

   

French

  

encéphalomyélite. (various references)

   

German

  

Enzephalomyelitis, Encephalomyelitis. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μυαλγική εγκεφαλομυελίτις (myalgic encephalomyelitis), Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα του ίππου της "υτικής Αμερικής (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα του ίππου της 'ενεζουέλας (Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis), Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα του ίππου της Ανατολικής Αμερικής (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), εγκεφαλομυελίτις των ορνίθων (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), εγκεφαλομυελίτις του προβάτου (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), ενζωοτική μηνιγγο-εγκεφαλομυελίτις των αλόγων (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), ενζωοτική μηνιγγο-εγκεφαλο-μυελίτις (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), εντεροϊογενής εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα των χοίρων (porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis). (various references)

   

Italian

  

encefalomielite. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

encephalomyelitisay

   

Portuguese

  

Encefalomielite equina da Venezuela (Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis), Encefalomielite equina americana do leste (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite equina (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite enzóotica do porco (porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite dos carneiros (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite do cavalo (Borna disease, equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielite aviária (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), Encefalite equina americana do Oeste (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefalite aviária (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), tremor epidémico (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), peste de cegar (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), nevraxite contagiosa dos ovinos (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), doença de Borna (Borna disease, equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enfermedad de Borna (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encefalitis equina del oeste (Western Equine Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalomyelitis), encefalitis equina oriental (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encefalomielitis alérgica experimental (Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis), encefalomielitis aviar (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), encefalomielitis enteroviral del cerdo (porcine enteroviral encephalomyelitis), encefalomielitis equina (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), Encefalomielitis equina americana occidental (a mosquito-transmitted infection of horses, and donkeys characterized by fever and neurological signs and caused by alphaviruses of the western group, mules, western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis), encefaliomelitis infecciosa ovina (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), Encefalomielitis equina venezolana (Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis), enfermedad de Devic (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), encefalomielitis equina americana oriental (eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis), síndrome de Devic (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), mal de Borna (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), meningo encefalomielitis equina (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), meningoencefalomielitis equina (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), neuroencefalomielopatía (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), neuromielitis óptica (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis), neuromielitis óptica de Devic (Devic's disease, encephalomyelitis optica, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuromyelitis optica 2.neuromyelitis optica of Devic, neuro-optic myelitis, ophthalmoneuromyelitis). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

enzootisk encephalomyelit hos häst (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), encephalomyelit hos häst (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), encephalit hos häst (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), virusbetingad encephalomyelit hos häst (equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, equine viral encephalomyelitis), louping ill (louping ill, ovine encephalomyelitis), Bornasjuka (Borna disease, Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis), aviär encephalomyelit (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis), AE (avian encephalomyelitis, epidemic tremor, epidemic tremors, infectious avian encephalomyelitis, United Arab Emirates). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การที่สมองและไขสันหลังอักเสบ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Misspellings

"ENCEPHALOMYELITIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: encephalomelitis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-p-s-t-y"

-3 letters: pinealectomies.

-4 letters: amphictyonies, epistemically, semitonically.

-5 letters: amylopectins, encephalitis, epitheliomas, incompletely, lysolecithin, mantelpieces, melancholies, myelopathies, opalescently, phonemically, phonetically, pinealectomy, plainclothes.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-p-s-t-y"
 

+2 letters: encephalomyelitides.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ENCEPHALOMYELITIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 43 45 50 48 41 4C 4F 4D 59 45 4C 49 54 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101 01010000 01001000 01000001 01001100 01001111 01001101 01011001 01000101 01001100 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#67 &#69 &#80 &#72 &#65 &#76 &#79 &#77 &#89 &#69 &#76 &#73 &#84 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0043 0045 0050 0048 0041 004C 004F 004D 0059 0045 004C 0049 0054 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3948373950423546494759394643544353

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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