myelinicadj.
/ˌmʌɪəˈlɪnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪəˈlɪnɪk/ Biochemistry and Physiology.
Of, relating to, or containing myelin. Also: characteristic of myelin. myelinic figure n. a myelin figure. myelinic form n. a myelin form.
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Schwann1904
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 329 Neither protagon..nor one of its products of decomposition..arising from the action of alkalies furnish of themselves myelinic forms.
1896 Science 28 Feb. 329/2 Myelinic nerve fibres from the mesencephal pass to the ectal surface of the brain immediately ventrad of the epiphysis.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 246/1 Different types of myelinic and dense osmiophilic bodies were present in astrocytic processes.
1971 Nature 2 July 70/3 His enthusiasm for the polarizing microscope and the myelinic figures he saw with it often suggested the thought that..he might well have become an outstanding descriptive biologist.
1992 Exper. Neurol. 118 204 Distal to the constriction, the nerve was uniformly edematous and full of myelinic degeneration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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