myelopathy
noun
myelopathy is a noun meaning “A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord is diseased or damaged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-E-L-O-P-A-T-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myelopathy is myelopathies.
What does myelopathy mean?
noun
- 1
A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord is diseased or damaged.
- 2
A disturbance or disease of the spinal cord.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of myelopathy
- myelopathies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myelopathy?
Myelopathy appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Myelopathy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord is diseased or damaged:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | myélopathie |
| German | Myelopathie |
| Spanish | mielopatía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does myelopathy come from?
From myelo- + -pathy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).