"myelin" meaning in English

See myelin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪəlɪn/ Forms: myelins [plural]
Etymology: From myelo- + -in. From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|myelo|in}} myelo- + -in, {{der|en|grc|μυελός||marrow}} Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} myelin (countable and uncountable, plural myelins)
  1. (neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves. Wikipedia link: myelin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Related terms: myelopathy, myelitis Translations (white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins): mielina [feminine] (Catalan), myelin [masculine] (Czech), myeliini (Finnish), myéline [feminine] (French), mielina [feminine] (Galician), miailin [feminine] (Irish), mielina [feminine] (Italian), maylîn [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), mielina [feminine] (Portuguese), миели́н (mijelín) [masculine] (Russian), mijelin [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mielina [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "myelo",
        "3": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "myelo- + -in",
      "name": "confix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μυελός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "marrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From myelo- + -in.\nFrom Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "myelins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "myelin (countable and uncountable, plural myelins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with myelo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -in",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Neuroanatomy",
          "orig": "en:Neuroanatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy",
            "Neurology",
            "Neuroscience",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "demyelination"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinate"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinated"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelination"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelin basic protein"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinic"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinisation"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinization"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinogenesis"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinolysis"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinopathy"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelinophagia"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelin protein zero"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelin sheath"
        },
        {
          "word": "nonmyelin"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868 January, Edmund Montgomery, “On the Formation of so-called Cells in Animal Bodies”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 203:",
          "text": "As the result of prolonged action of water upon myelin, bird's-nests-cells are also said to be produced, and we are certain we have seen, as the result of such prolonged action of water, the appearances thus compared.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 December 13, Carl Zimmer, “Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "This gene controls the production of an insulating sleeve that wraps around neurons. Known as myelin, it is crucial for long-range communication in the brain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves."
      ],
      "id": "en-myelin-en-noun-Cro~nBbM",
      "links": [
        [
          "neuroanatomy",
          "neuroanatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lipid",
          "lipid"
        ],
        [
          "lipoprotein",
          "lipoprotein"
        ],
        [
          "axon",
          "axon"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "myelopathy"
        },
        {
          "word": "myelitis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "neuroanatomy",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mielina"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "myelin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "word": "myeliini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "myéline"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mielina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miailin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mielina"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maylîn"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mielina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mijelín",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "миели́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mijelin"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mielina"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "myelin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɪəlɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "myelin"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "demyelination"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinate"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinated"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelination"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelin basic protein"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinic"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinization"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinogenesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinolysis"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinopathy"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelinophagia"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelin protein zero"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelin sheath"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonmyelin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "myelo",
        "3": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "myelo- + -in",
      "name": "confix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μυελός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "marrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From myelo- + -in.\nFrom Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "myelins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "myelin (countable and uncountable, plural myelins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "myelopathy"
    },
    {
      "word": "myelitis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms prefixed with myelo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -in",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Neuroanatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868 January, Edmund Montgomery, “On the Formation of so-called Cells in Animal Bodies”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 203:",
          "text": "As the result of prolonged action of water upon myelin, bird's-nests-cells are also said to be produced, and we are certain we have seen, as the result of such prolonged action of water, the appearances thus compared.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 December 13, Carl Zimmer, “Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "This gene controls the production of an insulating sleeve that wraps around neurons. Known as myelin, it is crucial for long-range communication in the brain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neuroanatomy",
          "neuroanatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lipid",
          "lipid"
        ],
        [
          "lipoprotein",
          "lipoprotein"
        ],
        [
          "axon",
          "axon"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "neuroanatomy",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "myelin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɪəlɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myelin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "word": "myeliini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "myéline"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miailin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maylîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mijelín",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миели́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mijelin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mielina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "myelin"
}

Download raw JSONL data for myelin meaning in English (5.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.