demyelination
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + myelination = de- + myelin + -ation
Noun edit
demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)
- (biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.
Related terms edit
- demyelinate
- demyelinization (much less common variant)
- myelinolysis
- myelinoclasis
Translations edit
removal of the myelin sheath
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