Usually means: Loss of nerve-insulating myelin sheath.
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  1. demyelinating: Merriam-Webster
  2. demyelinating: Wordnik
  3. demyelinating: Wiktionary
  4. demyelinating: Dictionary.com
  5. Demyelinating: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. demyelinating: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. demyelinating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. demyelinating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. demyelinating: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (demyelinating)

▸ adjective:  (pathology) That promotes, or undergoes demyelination

Similar:
demylinating, prodegenerative, oligodendrogliopathic, encephalopathogenic, prosclerotic, myelodysplastic, meningoencephalopathic, dysbaric, hyperprogressive, myelodysplasic, more...

Opposite:
myelinating, remyelinating

Types:
multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, more...

Phrases:
Demyelinating disease, demyelinating diseases, demyelinating disorders, demyelinating encephalitis, cns demyelinating autoimmune diseases, more...

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Similar:
demylinating, prodegenerative, oligodendrogliopathic, encephalopathogenic, prosclerotic, myelodysplastic, meningoencephalopathic, dysbaric, hyperprogressive, myelodysplasic, more...

Opposite:
myelinating, remyelinating

Types:
multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, more...

Phrases:
Demyelinating disease, demyelinating diseases, demyelinating disorders, demyelinating encephalitis, cns demyelinating autoimmune diseases, demyelinating autoimmune diseases, cns, more...



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