Usually means: Insulating layer around nerve fibers.
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  1. myelin sheath: Merriam-Webster
  2. myelin sheath: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. myelin sheath: Collins English Dictionary
  4. myelin sheath: Vocabulary.com
  5. Myelin sheath, Myelin sheath: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  6. myelin sheath: Wiktionary
  7. myelin sheath: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. myelin sheath: Dictionary.com
  9. Myelin Sheath, Myelin sheath: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. myelin sheath: Rhymezone
  11. myelin sheath: FreeDictionary.org
  12. myelin sheath: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. myelin sheath: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. myelin sheath: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. myelin sheath: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Myelin sheath: Merck Manuals
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  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  8. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  9. myelin sheath: Medical dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (myelin sheath)

noun:  (neuroanatomy) An envelope of myelin that surrounds nerve fibres.

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