myelin

English

Neuron, with myelin sheath labeled as e

Etymology

myelo- +‎ -in. From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪəlɪn/

Noun

myelin (countable and uncountable, plural myelins)

1. (neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
   • 1868 January, Edmund Montgomery, “On the Formation of so-called Cells in Animal Bodies”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 203:

     As the result of prolonged action of water upon myelin, bird's-nests-cells are also said to be produced, and we are certain we have seen, as the result of such prolonged action of water, the appearances thus compared.

   • 2018 December 13, Carl Zimmer, “Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     This gene controls the production of an insulating sleeve that wraps around neurons. Known as myelin, it is crucial for long-range communication in the brain.

Derived terms

• demyelination
• myelinate
• myelinated
• myelination
• myelin basic protein
• myelinic
• myelinisation
• myelinization
• myelinogenesis
• myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
• myelinolysis
• myelinopathy
• myelinophagia
• myelin protein zero
• myelin sheath
• nonmyelin

 

Related terms

• myelopathy
• myelitis

Translations

white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins

• Catalan: mielina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: myelin m
• Finnish: myeliini (fi)
• French: myéline (fr) f
• Galician: mielina (gl) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: miailin f
• Italian: mielina (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: maylîn m

• Portuguese: mielina f
• Russian: миели́н (ru) m (mijelín)
• Serbo-Croatian: mijelin (sh) m
• Spanish: mielina (es) f

Further reading

• “myelin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “myelin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Milney

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪjɛlɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪjɛliːn]

Noun

myelin m inan (related adjective myelinový)

1. myelin

Declension

Declension of myelin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	myelin	myeliny
genitive	myelinu	myelinů
dative	myelinu	myelinům
accusative	myelin	myeliny
vocative	myeline	myeliny
locative	myelinu	myelinech
instrumental	myelinem	myeliny