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Demyelination
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de⋅my⋅e⋅li⋅nate

  [di-mahy-uh-luh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to obliterate or remove the myelin sheath from (a nerve or nerves).
Origin:
1960–65; de- + myelin + -ate 1
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Demyelination
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de·my·e·lin·ate   (dē-mī'ə-lə-nāt')   
tr.v.   de·my·e·lin·at·ed, de·my·e·lin·at·ing, de·my·e·lin·ates
To destroy or remove the myelin sheath of (a nerve fiber), as through disease.
de·my'e·lin·a'tion n.
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