Demyelination

demyelination /de·my·elin·a·tion/ (de-mi?e-li-na´shun) destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves. Called also myelinolysis.

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de·my·e·lin·a·tion (d-m-l-nshn) 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.

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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

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demyelination,

n breakdown of the myelin sheaths covering nerves and nerve fibers.

Demyelination.

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demyelination

destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves.

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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.