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demyelinate (iou) and wame (iou)


demyelinate (iou)



demyelinate verb trans. M20.
[from DE- 3 + MYELIN + -ATE3.]
Medicine. Remove or destroy the myelin of (nerve tissue etc.). Chiefly as demyelinated, demyelinating ppl adjectives
demyeli'nation noun M20.

wame (iou)



wame noun. Scot. & north. LME.
[North. var. of WOMB noun.]
The belly, the abdomen. Long obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
R. Burns Food fills the wame, an' keeps us livin.
The womb. LME.
transf. A hollow, a cavity. M18.
wameful noun (Scot.) a bellyful E18.