HyperDic: medullated_nerve_fiber

English > 1 sense of the expression medullated nerve fiber:
NOUNbodymedullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fibera nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
English > medullated nerve fiber: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin.
Synonymmyelinated nerve fiber
Partsmedullary sheath, myelin sheathA layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
Broadernerve fiber, nerve fibreA threadlike extension of a nerve cell
Spanishfibra medulada, fibra mielinada

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