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hypomyelinated

hypomyelinated adjective: less than usually myelinated.

Adjective

hypomyelinated (not comparable)

  1. Less than usually myelinated
    • A strongly hypomyelinated PNS and increased Schwann cell apoptosis as well as proliferation was observed in mice in which Dicer was ablated specifically in Schwann cells [19 ].2015 August 29, “SncRNA715 Inhibits Schwann Cell Myelin Basic Protein Synthesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypomyelinated

From hypo- + myelinated.

Questions about hypomyelinated

What does hypomyelinated mean?
Hypomyelinated means less than usually myelinated.
What part of speech is hypomyelinated?
Hypomyelinated is an adjective.

Words near hypomyelinated in the dictionary

  1. hypomutated
  2. hypomutation
  3. hypomutations
  4. hypomutator
  5. hypomutators
  6. hypomyelinated
  7. hypomyelinating
  8. hypomyelination
  9. hypomyelinations
  10. hypomyelinization
  11. hypomyelinogenesis

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