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myelinate

myelinate adjective: related to, or made of myelin.

Adjective

myelinate (comparative more myelinate, superlative most myelinate)

  1. Related to, or made of myelin.

Verb

myelinate (third-person singular simple present myelinates, present participle myelinating, simple past and past participle myelinated)

  1. (transitive) To coat with myelin.

Forms of myelinate

Adjective
comparativemore myelinate
superlativemost myelinate
Verb
third-person singular presentmyelinates
present participlemyelinating
past participlemyelinated
pastmyelinated

Origin of myelinate

From myelin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From myelin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from myelinate

Questions about myelinate

What does myelinate mean?
Myelinate means related to, or made of myelin.
What part of speech is myelinate?
Myelinate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near myelinate in the dictionary

  1. myelencephalous
  2. myelin
  3. myelin protein zero
  4. myelin sheath
  5. myelin sheaths
  6. myelinate
  7. myelinated
  8. myelinates
  9. myelinating
  10. myelination
  11. myelinations

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