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Definitions of myelin
  1. noun
    a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

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Definition that contains myelin
  • ms a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
  • cortex the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
  • tract a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
  • pathway a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
  • medullated (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin
  • white matter whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
  • nodes of ranvier small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
  • medullated nerve fiber a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
  • cerebral peduncle a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
  • disseminated multiple sclerosis a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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