myelinationn.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmaɪələˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Histology and Physiology.
The process of forming a myelin sheath or developing myelinated nerve fibres; the state of being myelinated.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo development processes > [noun]
fetalization1819
segmentation1851
maceration1873
neurulation1878
blastulation1889
concrescence1890
cell lineage1892
myelination1892
spiral cleavage1892
medullation1893
myelinization1900
myelogenesis1901
induction1928
myelinogenesis1931
horizon1942
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [noun] > secretion of myelin
myelination1892
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Myelination, the process of development of the medullary sheath, or myelin, of nerves in the embryo; this does not occur in the whole length of some nerves at the same time.
1895 Philos. Trans. 1894 (Royal Soc.) B. 185 740 Bechterew [et al.] have described its myelination as occurring only in the last month of intrauterine life.
1934 Science 20 Apr. 363/1 Vogt..says that myelination of the tracts is not related to the acquisition of conducting power, but to the number and size of the component fibers.
1977 C. S. Raine in P. Morell Myelin i. 9 Myelination in the CNS commences some days after its onset in the PNS.
1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) ii. 32 Myelination confers two advantages on an axon compared to a bare axon of similar diameter.
2002 Amer. Jrnl. Neuroradiol. 23 872 Myelination was evident in numerous gray and white matter structures in the very preterm brain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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