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A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
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myeline
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myelin \my"e*lin\, myeline \my"e*line\, n. [Gr. myelo`s marrow.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, protein, and some fat. One of a group of ...
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n. a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers [syn: myelin , medulla ]