Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mixture of protagon and lecithalbumins occurring in the rods and hexagonal epithelial cells of the retina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (
myelin ) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A substance present in the
protoplasm of theretinal epithelium cells , and resembling, if not identical with, themyelin that forms themedullary sheaths of nerve fibres.
Etymologies
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myelin + -oid + -in
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