medullated nerve fiber

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   a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin

   Synonymsmyelinated nerve fiber

   Broadernerve fiber

   Partsmedullary sheath

Questions about medullated nerve fiber

What does medullated nerve fiber mean?

medullated nerve fiber means "a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin".

What is another word for medullated nerve fiber?

Close synonyms include myelinated nerve fiber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medullated nerve fiber a common word?

medullated nerve fiber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.