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demyelination

demyelination noun: the removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

  1. The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.
    Antonyms:
    myelination

demyelination meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

demyelination in Tamil

நரம்புச் சிதைவு

demyelination in Arabic

removal of the myelin sheath
إِزَالَة المَيَالِين

demyelination in Indonesian

removal of the myelin sheath
demielinasi

Antonyms of demyelination

Forms of demyelination

pluraldemyelinations

Origin of demyelination

From de- + myelination or de- + myelin + -ation.

Questions about demyelination

What does demyelination mean?
Demyelination means the removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.
What is demyelination in Tamil?
Demyelination in Tamil is நரம்புச் சிதைவு. See Demyelination meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demyelination?
Demyelination is a noun.
What is the plural of demyelination?
The plural of demyelination is demyelinations.

Words near demyelination in the dictionary

  1. Demydivka
  2. demyelinate
  3. demyelinated
  4. demyelinates
  5. demyelinating
  6. demyelination
  7. demyelinations
  8. demyelinative
  9. demyelinisation
  10. demyelinisations
  11. demyelinization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demyelination (page history and authors); demyelination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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