HyperDic: myelinated_nerve_fiber

English > 1 sense of the expression myelinated nerve fiber:
NOUNbodymyelinated nerve fiber, medullated nerve fibera nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
English > myelinated nerve fiber: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin.
Synonymmedullated 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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