Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myelinated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: myeli-nat-ed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of nerves, having a coating of myelin.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós)der. English myelo- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English myelin English -ated English myelinated From myelin + -ated.

Inflected Forms

more myelinated (comparative) most myelinated (superlative)

Derived Forms

amyelinated hypermyelinated hypomyelinated nonmyelinated remyelinated undermyelinated unmyelinated

Synonyms

medullated

Questions

What does myelinated mean?: Of nerves, having a coating of myelin.
Where does myelinated come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós)der. English myelo- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English myelin English -ated English myelinated From myelin + -ated.

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