myelinoclasticadj.

1940 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 16) x. 276 These viruses are divided into two subgroups: (1) the polioclastic viruses, which cause destruction of nerve cells..; and (2) the myelinoclastic viruses, which do not damage the nerve cells directly, but cause destruction of the myelin sheaths.

1986 Pediatrics 77 107 Schilder's myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis, a variant of multiple sclerosis,..appears to respond to vigorous treatment with corticosteroids.

1987 Otolaryngol. Clin. N. Amer. 20 51 The other processes are sometimes called myelinoclastic, which implies an attack on otherwise normal myelin.

2000 Pediatric Radiol. 30 861 Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (MDS, Schilder's disease) is a rare CNS demyelinating disorder affecting mainly children and usually presenting as an intracranial mass lesion.