Meanings
nounmyeloplax (plural myeloplaxes)
plural myeloplaxes
- obsoleteanatomymegakaryocyte or osteoclast
The tissue resembled normal bone marrow, with an extreme multiplication of the myeloplaxes.
1899, “Central Sarcoma of Bone”, in The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume 108, page 285Synonyms: myeloplaque
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmegakaryocyte or osteoclast
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Origin
- Ancient Greekμυελός“marrow”
- New Latinmyeloplax
- Englishmyeloplax
From New Latin myeloplax, from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + πλάξ (pláx, “plate”).
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