HyperDic: myelinization

English > 1 sense of the word *myelinization*:
NOUN	process	myelinization, myelinisation	the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

English > *myelinization*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	The development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber.
Synonym	myelinisation
Broader	growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically