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1. (n.) myelin
a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells of the nervous system: the substance of the myelin sheath.
Etymology: (1865–70)
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1. (noun) myelin, myeline, medulla
a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
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1. (noun) Myelin
a soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat
2. (noun) Myelin
one of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers
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