See Also: hobby(medicine)
hobby(1)(dictionary)
hobby(2)(dictionary)
hobby(dictionary)
hobby-horse(dictionary)
Hobby, Oveta Culp(encyclopedia)
Hobby Stock - Motor Sports(gambling)
Houston, William P. Hobby Airport(tourism)

myelin (iou) and hobby(2) (iou)


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.

hobby(2) (iou)



hobby noun2. LME.
[Old French hobe, hobet dim. of hobe falcon (cf. French hobereau), prob. rel. to hobeler from Middle Dutch hobbelen turn, roll.]
A migratory Old World falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly used for hunting small birds. Also (with specifying word), any of a number of similar falcons.