myelin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: myelin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for myelin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myelin n a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers Synonym(s): myelin, myeline, medulla
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myelin \My"e*lin\, n. [Gr. [?] marrow.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat. (b) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.