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Meaning of myelinophagia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Destruction of myelin (as if eaten away).

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

myelinotoxicity Myelitis Myell myeloablation myeloaccumulation myeloarchitectonics

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