Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myelinophage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myelinophage
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A necrotic macrophage responsible for myelinophagia.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From myelin + -o- + -phage.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myelin
Suffix: -o-

Inflected Forms

myelinophages (plural)

Questions

What does myelinophage mean?: A necrotic macrophage responsible for myelinophagia.
Where does myelinophage come from?: From myelin + -o- + -phage.

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