1908 Jrnl. Med. Res. XVIII. 127The pathological findings have an important bearing upon the explanation of the bulbar symptoms in cases of syringomyelia and *syringobulbia.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons'Dis. Eye (ed. 14) 545In syringomyelia cavities form around which secondary gliosis develops in the cervical and upper dorsal cord; in syringobulbia the process extends up to the medulla.
1975 Neurology XXV. 875/1 Syringobulbia is an uncommon lesion of the central nervous system, and is particularly rare in children.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 433/2*Syringograde animals. Under this denomination we shall include the Holothuria, the Salpæ, and the larvæ of those insects whose progression is effected by the alternate reception and expulsion of water to and from their respiratory organs by an action similar to that of the syringe.
Ibid. 434/1The velocity of the Syringogrades is accelerated during the expulsion of the water, and retarded during its reception.
1880 A. Flint Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 759Cavities of variable size and length and more or less centrally located, may be developed in the spinal cord in various ways. The name syringomyelus or *syringomyelia is given to these pathological canals.
1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 310In syringo⁓myelia very copious sweating is often observed.
1908,1964 Syringomyelia . [ see syringobulbia above]
1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 554Out of 97 *syringomyelic arthropathies..29 involved the shoulder joint.
1890 Billings Nat. Med. Dict. ,*Syringo⁓myelitis.., central myelitis; the formation in the spinal cord of a fissure or canal which usually lies posterior to the central canal.
Ibid. ,*Syringo-myelocele.., a variety of spina bifida in which the central canal of the cord is dilated and the nerves run around the cyst.
1880 *Syringomyelus . [ see syringomyelia]
a1883 Fagge Princ. Med. (1886) I. 438The progressive muscular atrophy due to syringomyelus.
1848 Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7),*Syringotome.
1753 Chambers' Cycl. Supp.,*Syringotomy.
ORIGIN: from Latin syring- , syrinx or its source Greek surigx : see syrinx , -o- .
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combining form
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