NEURILEMMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurilemma mean? 

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

1. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEURILEMMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neurilemma; neurolemma

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

case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)

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

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)