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DEMYELINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demyelinate ... he / she / it demyelinates
Past simple: demyelinated
Past participle: demyelinated
-ing form: demyelinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destroy the myelin sheath of
Example:
the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "demyelinate" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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