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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
myelin +     
central nervous system myelin  
peripheral nerve myelin +   
A condition in which the major influencing factor is peripheral nerve myelin, a lipoproteinaceous substance largely composed of phospholipids and proteins, which forms the sheaths surrounding the axons of peripheral nerves, that is, nerves that are not part of either the brain or spinal cord of the organism.

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: PNM ;   PNS myelin ;   peripheral nervous system myelin
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982, Mosby:Mosbys_Medical_Dictionary--8th_Ed

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