demyelination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ myelination

Noun

demyelination (countable and uncountable, plural demyelinations)

1. (pathology) The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease

Related terms

• demyelinate
• demyelinization (much less common variant)

Translations

removal of the myelin sheath

• Catalan: desmielinització f
• Czech: demyelinizace f
• French: démyélinisation (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: απομυελίνωση (el) f (apomyelínosi)
• Portuguese: desmielinização f
• Spanish: desmielinización f

References

• Demyelinating disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia