myelinization


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my·e·li·na·tion

 (mī′ə-lə-nā′shən) also my·e·li·ni·za·tion (-nĭ-zā′shən)
n.
The process of forming a myelin sheath.
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Noun1.myelinization - the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
myelinisation
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
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my·e·li·na·tion

, myelinization
n. mielinización, crecimiento de mielina alrededor de una fibra nerviosa.
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