unmyelinating

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adjective

That does not myelinate

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Meanings

adjectiveunmyelinating (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat does not myelinate

    Evidence of local protein synthesis in myelinating cells remains mostly indirect, based on the presence of mRNA in isolated polysomes and granules within both unmyelinating and myelinating glial cells (Brophy et al., 1993 ).

    2015 August 19, James M. Love, Sameer B. Shah, “Ribosomal trafficking is reduced in Schwann cells following induction of myelination”, in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From un- + myelinating.

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unmyelinating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmyelinating

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