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remyelinate

remyelinate verb: to recoat with myelin following previous demyelination.

Verb

remyelinate (third-person singular simple present remyelinates, present participle remyelinating, simple past and past participle remyelinated)

  1. To recoat with myelin following previous demyelination
    • A PNG bridge provides a permissive, directional substrate to encourage and guide long-distance regeneration, and resident Schwann cells provide trophic support and can remyelinate the axons.2015 October 2, “Peripheral Nerve Transplantation Combined with Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Chondroitinase Induces Regeneration and Improves Urinary Function in Complete Spinal Cord...

Forms of remyelinate

third-person singular presentremyelinates
present participleremyelinating
past participleremyelinated
pastremyelinated

Origin of remyelinate

From re- + myelinate.

Questions about remyelinate

What does remyelinate mean?
Remyelinate means to recoat with myelin following previous demyelination.
What part of speech is remyelinate?
Remyelinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of remyelinate?
The past tense of remyelinate is remyelinated.

Words near remyelinate in the dictionary

  1. remutualizing
  2. remux
  3. remuxed
  4. remuxes
  5. remuxing
  6. remyelinate
  7. remyelinated
  8. remyelinates
  9. remyelinating
  10. remyelination
  11. remyelinations

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