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unmyelinating

unmyelinating adjective: that does not myelinate.

Adjective

unmyelinating (not comparable)

  1. That does not myelinate
    • Evidence of local protein synthesis in myelinating cells remains mostly indirect, based on the presence of mRNA in isolated polysomes and granules within both unmyelinating and myelinating glial cells (Brophy et al., 1993 ).2015 August 19, James M. Love, Sameer B. Shah, “Ribosomal trafficking is reduced in Schwann cells following induction of myelination”, in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, volume 9, →DOI

Origin of unmyelinating

From un- + myelinating.

Questions about unmyelinating

What does unmyelinating mean?
Unmyelinating means that does not myelinate.
What part of speech is unmyelinating?
Unmyelinating is an adjective.

Words near unmyelinating in the dictionary

  1. unmuzzleable
  2. unmuzzled
  3. unmuzzles
  4. unmuzzling
  5. unmyelinated
  6. unmyelinating
  7. unmyelotomized
  8. unmyopic
  9. unmyristoylated
  10. unmysterious
  11. unmysteriously

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