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Definition of Nonmyelinated
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Nonmyelinated
1. Denoting nerve fibres (axons) lacking a myelin sheath. Synonym: amyelinated, amyelinic, nonmedullated, nonmyelinated, unmedullated. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmyelinated
Literary usage of Nonmyelinated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The author found that the cutaneous nerves contain many nonmyelinated ... Very few
nonmyelinated fibers and probably none enter the spinal cord in the ..."
2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"At each node the axon is nonmyelinated yet enveloped by ... Although nonmyelinated
axons are devoid of myelin lamella, they are ensheathed by ..."
3. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"According to Ranson (1912), the number of such nonmyelinated fibers is much larger
than formerly was thought. ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... allows for very fast conduction nonmyelinated, slower-conducting axons also
exist Axon diameters range from 1 to 60 xlO~4 cm Arrow indicates direction ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The white substance is made up of myelinated axones; the gray contains the cell
bodies of neurones and nonmyelinated axones. The color of the gray substance ..."
6. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1911)
"nonmyelinated nerves, as, for instance, cerebral conduction tracts, do not
regenerate, lacking the necessary cellular elements required forthat process. ..."
7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... the nerve fibres is of interest in that a sharp distinction was apparent
between myelinated and nonmyelinated fibres in the normal animal. ..."
8. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... especially the nonmyelinated sensory C-fiber endings, to release SP, NKA, and
other related neuropeptides, with wide-ranging effects in the airways. ..."
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