remyelinate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To recoat with myelin following previous demyelination
Example Sentences
- "A PNG bridge provides a permissive, directional substrate to encourage and guide long-distance regeneration, and resident Schwann cells provide trophic support and can remyelinate the axons."
Etymology
From re- + myelinate.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re