myelinotoxicadj.
/ˌmʌɪᵻlɪnəˈtɒksɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪələnoʊˈtɑksɪk/, /ˌmaɪələnoʊˈtɑksɪk/ Medicine.
That damages or destroys myelin.
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1965 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 122 283 The salt-precipitated fractions of EAE sera demonstrate the myelinotoxic activity of the entire serum.
1975 Acta Neuropathologica 32 127 Slight myelinotoxic activity was present in 2 sera.
1998 Jrnl. Neurol., Neurosurg. & Psychiatry 65 23 Local factors or differential susceptibility between the central and peripheral nervous system may determine whether myelinotoxic or neurotoxic processes predominate.
2001 Neurology 56 1278 TNFα, a myelinotoxic factor, may be the major mediator.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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