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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl. E.

Myeloplaxes

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, L.

Myeloplaces

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[NL., fr. Gr.

μυελόσ

marrow + [GREEK] anything flat and broad.]

(Anat.)

One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See

myeloplax ‎(plural myeloplaxes)

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