demyelination

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ myelination or de- +‎ myelin +‎ -ation.

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

  1. (biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.
    Antonym: myelination
    Coordinate terms: hypomyelination, hypermyelination < dysmyelination

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