NOUN | substance | myelin, myeline, medulla | a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers |
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Sounds | may'ihlihn | |
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Rhymes | Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn... |
Meaning | A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers. | |
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Synonyms | myeline, medulla | |
Broader | fat | A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) |
Substance of | medullary sheath, myelin sheath | A layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers |
Spanish | mielina | |
Catalan | mielina | |
Adjectives | myelinated | (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin |
myelinic | of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers | |
unmyelinated | (of neurons) not myelinated |
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