demyelination

de·my·e·lin·ate  (d-m-l-nt)

tr.v. de·my·e·lin·at·ed, de·my·e·lin·at·ing, de·my·e·lin·ates

To destroy or remove the myelin sheath of (a nerve fiber), as through disease.

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de·mye·lin·ation n.

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demyelination - loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers