Definition of Myelinated

1. Adjective. (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin.

Exact synonyms: Medullated
Partainyms: Medulla, Myelin
Antonyms: Unmyelinated

Definition of Myelinated

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of nerves, having a coating of myelin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Myelinated

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myelinated

myekin
myeks
myel-
myelaemia
myelatelia
myelencephala
myelencephalic
myelencephalon
myelencephalous
myelic
myelin
myelin protein zero
myelin sheath
myelin sheaths
myelinate
myelinated (current term)
myelinated nerve fiber
myelinates
myelinating
myelination
myelinations
myeline
myelines
myelinic
myelinisation
myelinization
myelinogenesis
myelins
myelitides
myelitis

Literary usage of Myelinated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1899)
"Nerve-fibers and cells are entirely destroyed. The absence of myelinated fibers renders the scarred arc«, more or less glossy and ..."

2. A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students by Leonardo Bianchi (1906)
"NETWORK OF myelinated NERVE FIBRES IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX. cerebrum, it is requisite at this point, in so far as the object and practical nature of this ..."

3. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"the efferent projection fibres and the association fibres are myelinated later. Thus in the human foetus the peripheral nerves and nerve-roots become ..."

4. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The different fascicles differ not only in the size of their myelinated ... 63) contains fine myelinated fibers with great numbers of unmyelinated axons. ..."

5. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"The tracts which are myelinated early may often be traced with great ease in early stages before adjacent tracts have received their myelin. ..."

6. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"In the last three layers, bundles of myelinated nerve fibers having a ... In addition there are other myelinated nerve fibers that form layers practically ..."

7. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"If the fiber is also myelinated, the thicker the myelin, the faster the ... In addition, for myelinated fibers, the longer the distance between the nodes of ..."

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