myelinopathyn.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlᵻˈnɒpəθi/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪələˈnɑpəθi/ Pathology.
Disease or degeneration of myelin; demyelinating disease; an instance of this.
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1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 649/1 Myelinopathy, any disease of the myelin.
1973 Jrnl. Pediatrics 82 976 (title) Hexachlorophene myelinopathy in premature infants.
1980 Neuropathol. & Appl. Neurobiol. 6 349 The findings are discussed with reference to other spongiform myelinopathies.
1998 Jrnl. Neurosci. 18 5673 Formal neurological testing showed no sign of central or peripheral myelinopathy.
Derivatives
ˌmyelinoˈpathic adj.
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1984 European Neurol. 23 34 Myelinopathic white matter lesion in an autopsy material was recognized as a low density area.
1999 Clin. Neuropathol. 18 51 The microglial cells were also located in vacuoles in myelinated fibers of the internal capsule.., which resembled myelinopathic alteration in vacuolar myelopathy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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