AXOLEMMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axolemma mean? 

• AXOLEMMA (noun)
  The noun AXOLEMMA has 1 sense:

1. outer membrane covering an axon

  Familiarity information: AXOLEMMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXOLEMMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outer membrane covering an axon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("axolemma" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Holonyms ("axolemma" is a part of...):

medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)