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myelodysplasia
(redirected from Myelodysplastic syndrome)

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myelodysplasia [‚mī·ə·lō·dis′plā·zhə]
(medicine)
Abnormal spinal cord development, especially the lumbosacral portion.
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Doctors had only given the 74-year-old months to live after being diagnosed with a blood disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome.
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