Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myelinophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myelinopha-gia
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Destruction of myelin (as if eaten away).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From myelin + -o- + -phagia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myelin
Suffix: -o-

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

myelinophage

Questions

What does myelinophagia mean?: Destruction of myelin (as if eaten away).
Where does myelinophagia come from?: From myelin + -o- + -phagia.

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