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–noun Anatomy.

the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.

[Origin: 1815–25; alter. of F névrilème (< Gk neur- neur- + eíléma covering), by assoc. with lemma²

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neu·ri·lem·mal, neu·ri·lem·mat·ic

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n.

Any of the cells having a membrane that composes a sheath around the axons of peripheral nerves. Also called Schwann cell.
The sheath formed by such a cell.

[Alteration (influenced by Greek lemma, husk) of French névrilème : névr-, nerve (from Greek neuro-, neuro-) + Greek eilēma, veil (from eilein, to wind, turn; see wel-² in Indo-European roots).]

neu'ri·lem'mal adj.

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neurilemma
noun
thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber [syn: neurolemma]

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Neurilemma

Neu`ri*lem"ma\, n. [NL., from gr. ? nerve + ? peel, skin.] (Anat.) (a) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath. (b) The perineurium.

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