remyelinationn.
/ˌriːmʌɪᵻlᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriˌmaɪələˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
The repair or restoration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibres; regeneration of myelinated nerve fibres.
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1948 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 135 355 The actual process of remyelination is thus an extremely complex phenomenon.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 29 July 246/1 The most striking long-term change was a regenerative process that..included the remyelination of some pre-existing axis cylinders.
2002 Guardian 15 Oct. ii. 11/2 Duncan, who specialises in ‘re-myelination’ in childhood disorders, confirms this: ‘The oil does not promote myelin regeneration.’
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Jan. (Central ed.) a9/1 It raises the question, would delivering this protein into the spinal fluid of MS patients promote re-myelination?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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