myelinate, v. Anat.
(ˈmaɪəlɪneɪt)
[f. myelin n.1 + -ate3.]
intr. To secrete myelin; to become myelinated. Cf. *myelinated a.
| 1914 Brain XXXVI. 478 The globus pallidus and the ansa lenticularis myelinate earlier than the fibres of the rest of the striatum. 1930 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry XXIV. 852 The latter..myelinates about the fifth or sixth month of fetal life, whereas the neostriatum myelinates later. 1977 Lancet 16 July 141/2 The human brain myelinates actively until the age of 16. 1987 MS News Autumn 35/1 When transplanted they [sc. Schwann cells] migrated into the central nervous system and started myelinating. |
So myeliˈnation n., the process of becoming myelinated; the state of being myelinated.
| 1891 in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 732 The changes in the cortex begin at a stage prior to the myelination of the pyramidal fibres. 1977 C. S. Raine in P. Morell Myelin i. 9 Myelination in the CNS commences some days after its onset in the PNS. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) ii. 32 Myelination confers two advantages on an axon compared to a bare axon of similar diameter. |