myelitis = infective and noninfective inflammatory processes
"Other special terms are used to indicate more precisely the
distribution of the inflammatory process:"
poliomyelitis = limited to gray matter
leukomyelitis = limited to white matter
transverse myelitis = whole cross sectional area of the cord
diffuse or disseminated = multiple and vertically widespread
meningomyelitis = combined inflammation of meninges and s.c.
meningoradiculitis = meninges and root involvement
pachymeningitis = spinal dura
All this and a dollar gets you a cup of cheap coffee.
Alton, who bought the book after reading a Xeroxed chapter