NEURILEMMA
Dictionary entry overview: What does neurilemma mean? • NEURILEMMA (noun)
The noun NEURILEMMA has 1 sense:
1. thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
Familiarity information: NEURILEMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEURILEMMA (noun)
Meaning:
Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
neurilemma; neurolemma
Hypernyms ("neurilemma" is a kind of...):
case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)
Holonyms ("neurilemma" is a part of...):
nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)
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