myeloplax

English

Etymology

From New Latin myeloplax, from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + πλάξ (pláx, “plate”).

Noun

myeloplax (plural myeloplaxes)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in bone marrow and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell.

   Synonym: myeloplaque

   • 1899, “Central Sarcoma of Bone”, in The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume 108, page 285:

     The tissue resembled normal bone marrow, with an extreme multiplication of the myeloplaxes.

See also

• osteoclast

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “myeloplax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)