demyelination

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ myelination or de- +‎ myelin +‎ -ation.

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

1. (biology, medicine) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, usually as a result of disease causing myelinolysis.

Related terms

• demyelinate
• demyelinization (much less common variant)
• myelinolysis
• myelinoclasis

Translations

removal of the myelin sheath

• Catalan: desmielinització f
• Czech: demyelinizace f
• French: démyélinisation (fr) f
• Greek: απομυελίνωση (el) f (apomyelínosi)
• Portuguese: desmielinização f
• Spanish: desmielinización f