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myelin
[ mahy-uh-lin ]
/ ˈmaɪ ə lɪn /
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noun Biology.
a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
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Also my·e·line [mahy-uh-leen]. /ˈmaɪ əˌlin/.
OTHER WORDS FROM myelin
my·e·lin·ic, adjectiveWords nearby myelin
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How to use myelin in a sentence
In MS, the amount and quality of myelin is abnormal, replaced by “sclerotic” plaques, the hallmark of the disease.
Can NASCAR Driver Trevor Bayne Race Safely With Multiple Sclerosis?|Kent Sepkowitz|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEASTThis loss of usable myelin results in poor nerve-to-nerve coordination, resulting is a slightly haywire main dashboard.
Can NASCAR Driver Trevor Bayne Race Safely With Multiple Sclerosis?|Kent Sepkowitz|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEASTBetween the neurolemma and the axis cylinder is the medullated sheath, composed of a fatty substance known as myelin.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesAlveolar cells commonly contain fat-droplets and, less frequently, myelin globules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for myelin
myelin
myeline (ˈmaɪɪˌliːn)
/ (ˈmaɪɪlɪn) /
noun
a white tissue forming an insulating sheath (myelin sheath) around certain nerve fibres. Damage to the myelin sheath causes neurological disease, as in multiple sclerosis
Derived forms of myelin
myelinic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Medical definitions for myelin
myelin
[ mī′ə-lĭn ]
n.
A white fatty material composed chiefly of alternating layers of lipids and lipoproteins that encloses the axons of myelinated nerve fibers.
Droplets of lipid formed during autolysis and postmortem decomposition.
Other words from myelin
my′e•lin′ic adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Scientific definitions for myelin
myelin
[ mī′ə-lĭn ]
A whitish, fatty substance that forms a sheath around many vertebrate nerve fibers. Myelin insulates the nerves and permits the rapid transmission of nerve impulses. The white matter of the brain is composed of nerve fibers covered in myelin.
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