Myelinophage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A necrotic macrophage responsible for myelinophagia.

    "The progressive loss of myelin is not accompanied by large numbers of myelinophages, and Wallerian degeneration is minimal."

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"The progressive loss of myelin is not accompanied by large numbers of myelinophages, and Wallerian degeneration is minimal."

Etymology

From myelin + -o- + -phage.

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