myelinolysis /my·elin·ol·y·sis/ (-ol´ĭ-sis) demyelination.
myelinolysis
my·e·li·nol·y·sis (m   -l-n l  -ss)n. Dissolution of the myelin sheaths of nerve fibers. |
myelinolysis
[mī′əlinol′isis]
Etymology: Gk, myelos + lysein, to loosen
a pathologic process that dissolves the myelin sheaths around certain nerve fibers, such as those of the pons in alcoholic and undernourished people who are afflicted with central pontine myelinolysis.
myelinolysis
destruction of myelin; demyelination.
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