myelinophage

English

Etymology

From myelin +‎ -o- +‎ -phage.

Noun

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.