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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MYELOPLAX

My *el "o *plax, n.; pl. E. Myeloplaxes, L. Myeloplaces. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Anat. )

 

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