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Answer for the clue "Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber ", 10 letters:
neurolemma

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n. (context neurology English) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.

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Neurolemma (also known as neurilemma or sheath of Schwann (Schwann's Sheath) ) is the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron. It forms the outermost layer of the nerve fiber in the peripheral nervous ...

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n. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber [syn: neurilemma ]