myelinophage

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English

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Etymology

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From myelin +‎ -o- +‎ -phage.

Noun

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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.