demyelination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ myelination = de- +‎ myelin +‎ -ation

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

(biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.

Related terms

demyelinate
demyelinization (much less common variant)
myelinolysis
myelinoclasis

Translations

removal of the myelin sheath

Catalan: desmielinització f
Czech: demyelinizace f
French: démyélinisation (fr) f
Greek: απομυελίνωση (el) f (apomyelínosi)
Portuguese: desmielinização f
Spanish: desmielinización f

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