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MYELINATED NERVE FIBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
Synonyms:
medullated nerve fiber; myelinated nerve fiber
Classified under:
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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