Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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myelin | Yes | No | No | No |
myelin sheath | Yes | No | No | No |
myelin (noun) | myelin sheath (noun) |
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a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers |