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myelencephala | myelencephalic | myelencephalon | myelencephalous | myelic | myelin | myelin sheath | myelinated | myelinated nerve fiber | myeline | myelinic

myelin

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my=e=lin

CIDE DICTIONARY

myelinn. [Gr. myelo`s marrow.].
     A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, protein, and some fat.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

myelin, n. a white substance which forms a sheath around certain nerve-fibres.

Derivative
myelination n.
Etymology
Gk muelos marrow + -IN

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