MEDULLATED NERVE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medullated nerve fiber mean? 

• MEDULLATED NERVE FIBER (noun)
  The noun MEDULLATED NERVE FIBER has 1 sense:

1. a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin

  Familiarity information: MEDULLATED NERVE FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDULLATED NERVE FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

medullated nerve fiber; myelinated nerve fiber

Hypernyms ("medullated nerve fiber" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Meronyms (parts of "medullated nerve fiber"):

medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)