MYELINATED NERVE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myelinated nerve fiber mean? 

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

1. a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYELINATED 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 ("myelinated nerve fiber" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "myelinated nerve fiber"):

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

 Context examples 

Merkel cells are closely associated with an expanded terminal bulb of an afferent myelinated nerve fiber.

(Merkel cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)