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demyelinate
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demyelinate
[dēmī′əlināt′]
to remove or destroy the myelin surrounding the axons of nerve cells.

demyelinate (dēmī´lināt),
n the process of removing or damaging the myelin sheath surrounding a nerve.

demyelinate
to destroy or remove the myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves.


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Of these, perhaps the most common and devastating is multiple sclerosis (MS), in which intermittently recurring inflammatory demyelinations occur widely in the central nervous system.
 
 
 
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