MYELIN


Meaning of MYELIN in English

— myelinic , adj.

/muy"euh lin/ , n. Biol.

a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.

Also, myeline /muy"euh leen'/ .

[ 1865-70; MYEL- + -IN 2 ]

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