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myelinisation vs growth

growth vs myelinisation

myelinisation and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
myelinisation Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of myelinisation; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than myelinisation:
  • myelinisation: the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
  • growth: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Other hypernyms of myelinisation include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
myelinisation (noun) growth (noun)
the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber the gradual beginning or coming forth
vegetation that has grown
something grown or growing
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Difference between myelinisation and growth

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