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.
Nearby words
- myel-,
- myelapoplexy,
- myelatelia,
- myelemia,
- myelencephalon,
- myelin sheath,
- myelinated,
- myelinated fiber,
- myelination,
- myeline
Also my·e·line [mahy-uh-leen] /ˈmaɪ əˌlin/.
Origin of myelin
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Examples from the Web for myelin
In MS, the amount and quality of myelin is abnormal, replaced by “sclerotic” plaques, the hallmark of the disease.
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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
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myelin
also myeline, "soft material found in nerve tissues," 1867, from German Myelin (1854), from Greek myelos "marrow; the brain, innermost part," of unknown origin.
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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.
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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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