demyelination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ myelination

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

(pathology) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease

Related terms

demyelinate
demyelinization (much less common variant)

Translations

removal of the myelin sheath

Catalan: desmielinització f
Czech: demyelinizace f
French: démyélinisation f

Greek: απομυελίνωση (el) f (apomyelínosi)
Portuguese: desmielinização f
Spanish: desmielinización f

References

Demyelinating disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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