See Also: Myelin(medicine)
Myelin(health)
myelin(dictionary)
myelin p2 protein(medicine)
myelin-associated glycoprotein(medicine)
myelin sheath(medicine)
myelin proteins(medicine)
myelin protein A1(medicine)
myelin p0 protein(medicine)
myelin figure(medicine)

myelin (iou)



myelin noun. Also myeline. M19.
[from MYELO- + -IN1, -INE5.]
Chemistry. A phospholipid substance extracted from various animal and some plant tissues. M-L19.
A complex mixture of proteins and phospholipids which forms an insulating sheath around certain nerve fibres. L19.
Comb.: myelin sheath the insulating layer of myelin laid down, usu. spirally, around the axons of certain nerve fibres by Schwann cells, which increases the rapidity of impulse conduction.
myelinated adjective (of a nerve fibre) enclosed in a myelin sheath L19.
myeli'nation noun the process of becoming myelinated; the state of being myelinated: L19.