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myel/o: Spinal Cord

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The combining form myel slash o also names the spinal cord, an entirely different structure from bone marrow.

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Myelitis may name inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.

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One combining form, two structures. Here context does the work the word part cannot.