Definitions for myelin

myelin my·e·lin

Spelling: [mahy-uh-lin]
IPA: /ˈmaɪ ə lɪn/

Myelin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in myelin (eilmny).

Definitions for myelin

noun

  1. a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.

Origin of myelin

First recorded in 1865-70; myel- + -in2

Examples for myelin

Alveolar cells commonly contain fat-droplets and, less frequently, myelin globules.

In MS, the amount and quality of myelin is abnormal, replaced by “sclerotic” plaques, the hallmark of the disease.

Between the neurolemma and the axis cylinder is the medullated sheath, composed of a fatty substance known as myelin.

Word Value for myelin
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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