myelinophagia

English

Etymology

myelin +‎ -o- +‎ -phagia

Noun

myelinophagia (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Destruction of myelin (as if eaten away).
   • 2015 July 22, “Contribution of Schwann Cells to Remyelination in a Naturally Occurring Canine Model of CNS Neuroinflammation”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In addition, formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples of a sciatic nerve of a dog suffering from degenerative neuropathy of unknown origin, characterized by multifocal spheroid formation, dilatation of myelin sheaths and myelinophagia was included to compare the Schwann cell phenotypes in injured peripheral nerve and brain.

Related terms

• myelinophage