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NEUROLEMMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neurolemma mean?
• NEUROLEMMA (noun)
The noun NEUROLEMMA has 1 sense:
1. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
Familiarity information: NEUROLEMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
neurilemma; neurolemma
Hypernyms ("neurolemma" is a kind of...):
case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)
Holonyms ("neurolemma" is a part of...):
nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)
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