demyelination /de·my·elin·a·tion/ (de-mi″ĕ-lĭ-na´shun) destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves. Called also myelinolysis.
Demyelination
demyelination
demyelination,
demyelination
de·my·e·lin·a·tion (d -m   -l-n  shn) or de·my·e·lin·i·za·tion (-l-n -zshn, -ln-)n. The destruction or removal of the myelin sheath of a nerve fiber, as through disease. |
Demyelination
Disruption or destruction of the myelin sheath, leaving a bare nerve. Results in a slowing or stopping of impulses traveling along that nerve.
Mentioned in: Guillain-Barré Syndrome
demyelination
[dimī′əlinā′shən]
Etymology: L, de + Gk, myelos, marrow
the process of destruction or removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve or nerve fiber.
demyelination,
n breakdown of the myelin sheaths covering nerves and nerve fibers.
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Demyelination.
demyelination
destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves.
demyelination
Demyelinization Neurology A condition in which nerve trunks are not myelinated ab initio–eg, leukodystrophy or which suffer loss after myelinization has been completed–eg, myelinoclasia. See Leukodystrophy.
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