English Dictionary

MYELINATED

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does myelinated mean? 

MYELINATED (adjective)
  The adjective MYELINATED has 1 sense:

1. (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelinplay

  Familiarity information: MYELINATED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYELINATED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

medullated; myelinated

Antonym:

unmyelinated ((of neurons) not myelinated)

Pertainym:

myelin (a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers)


 Context examples 


It is differentiated from the white matter by color of the tissues and the presence of more myelinated nerve cells in the white matter.

(Gray Matter, NCI Thesaurus)

It contains fewer myelinated fibers, but more nerve cell bodies, unmyelinated nerve fibers and blood vessels than the white matter.

(Gray Matter of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

Merkel cells are closely associated with an expanded terminal bulb of an afferent myelinated nerve fiber.

(Merkel cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Free nerve endings are widely distributed throughout the body, and are found as branches of unmyelinated, or lightly myelinated fibres grouped in bundles beneath the epithelium.

(Free Nerve Ending, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of brain tissue in the cerebrum consisting of myelinated axons and glial cells.

(Cerebral White Matter, NCI Thesaurus)

Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere.

(Corpus Callosum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The white myelinated fibers in the hippocampus adjacent to the wall of the lateral ventricle.

(Alveus, NCI Thesaurus)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"We all make mistakes." (English proverb)

"Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it." (Native American proverb, Crow)

"God helps those who help themselves." (Arabic proverb)

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact