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myelins

myelins is the plural of myelin.

Meaning of myelin

Noun

myelin (countable and uncountable, plural myelins)

  1. A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
    • As the result of prolonged action of water upon myelin, bird's-nests-cells are also said to be produced, and we are certain we have seen, as the result of such prolonged action of water, the appearances thus compared.1868 January, Edmund Montgomery, “On the Formation of so-called Cells in Animal Bodies”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 203

Questions about myelins

What is myelins the plural of?
Myelins is the plural of myelin.

Words near myelins in the dictionary

  1. myelinophagia
  2. myelinophagy
  3. myelinotoxic
  4. myelinotoxicity
  5. myelinotrophic
  6. myelins
  7. myelites
  8. myelitic
  9. myelitides
  10. myelitis
  11. myelitogenic

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