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myelinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
myeli-nate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to, or made of myelin.

verb

To coat with myelin.

Transitive verb

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 Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English myelinate From myelin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more myelinate (comparative) most myelinate (superlative) myelinates (present, singular) myelinating (participle, present) myelinated (participle, past) myelinated (past)

Derived Forms

hypermyelinate remyelinate

Questions

What does myelinate mean?
Related to, or made of myelin.
Where does myelinate 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 Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English myelinate From myelin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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