MYELINATED NERVE FIBER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin

Synonyms:

medullated nerve fiber; myelinated nerve fiber

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("myelinated nerve fiber" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Meronyms (parts of "myelinated nerve fiber"):

medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)

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