desmielinizar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + mielinizar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mi.e.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [dez.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(h)], (faster pronunciation) /dez.mje.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [dez.mje.li.niˈza(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mi.e.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiz.mje.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mje.li.niˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.mi.e.li.niˈza(ɾ)/ [dez.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /dez.mje.li.niˈza(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mi.e.li.niˈza(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiz.mje.li.niˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.mi.e.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʒ.mje.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mje.li.niˈza(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mi.e.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʒ.mje.li.niˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mje.li.niˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mi.e.li.niˈza(ɻ)/ [dez.mɪ.e.li.niˈza(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /dez.mje.li.niˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mjɛ.li.niˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mjɛ.li.niˈza.ɾi/
Verb
desmielinizar (first-person singular present desmielinizo, first-person singular preterite desmielinizei, past participle desmielinizado)
- (pathology) to demyelinate
Conjugation
Conjugation of desmielinizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- desmielinização
Further reading
- “desmielinizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “desmielinizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025