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myelinophages

myelinophages is the plural of myelinophage.

Meaning of myelinophage

Noun

myelinophage (plural myelinophages)

  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.2013, K. V. F. Jubb, Pathology of Domestic Animals, page 374

Questions about myelinophages

What is myelinophages the plural of?
Myelinophages is the plural of myelinophage.

Words near myelinophages in the dictionary

  1. myelinolytic
  2. myelinopathic
  3. myelinopathies
  4. myelinopathy
  5. myelinophage
  6. myelinophages
  7. myelinophagia
  8. myelinophagy
  9. myelinotoxic
  10. myelinotoxicity
  11. myelinotrophic

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