Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To destroy or remove the myelin sheath of (a nerve fiber), as through disease.
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- verb To remove the
myelin sheath from anerve
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- verb destroy the myelin sheath of
Etymologies
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Examples
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Again, these chemicals demyelinate the Purkinje axon creating problems with balance, visual motor processing and integration and auditory processing.
Jett Travolta, Seizures, Autism GreenFertility 2009
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If the name arachnoiditis makes you imagine “land of the spiders,” that’s no coincidence: the nerve network that the immune system begins to demyelinate looks something like a spider web’s intricate fibers spanning out from the lower spinal cord.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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If the name arachnoiditis makes you imagine “land of the spiders,” that’s no coincidence: the nerve network that the immune system begins to demyelinate looks something like a spider web’s intricate fibers spanning out from the lower spinal cord.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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