myelinophage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

myelin +‎ -o- +‎ -phage

Noun[edit]

myelinophage (plural myelinophages)

  1. A necrotic macrophage responsible for myelinophagia.
    • 2013, K. V. F. Jubb, Pathology of Domestic Animals, page 374:
      The progressive loss of myelin is not accompanied by large numbers of myelinophages, and Wallerian degeneration is minimal.
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