Usually means: Insulating layer around nerve fibers.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. myelin: Merriam-Webster
  2. myelin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. myelin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. myelin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. myelin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Myelin, myelin: Wordnik
  7. myelin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. myelin: Wiktionary
  9. myelin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. myelin (myeline): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. myelin: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. myelin: Dictionary.com
  13. Myelin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Myelin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. myelin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. myelin: Rhymezone
  17. Myelin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. myelin: FreeDictionary.org
  19. myelin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. myelin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. myelin-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. myelin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. myelin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Myelin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Myelin: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  9. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  10. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  11. Myelin: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  12. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  13. myelin: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  14. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  15. myelin: Medical dictionary
  16. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  17. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  18. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  19. Myelin: Drug Medical Dictionary
  20. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See myelinic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (myelin)

noun:  (neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.

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