ミエリン

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

myelin

Biological term for the insulating sheath around nerve fibers. Often used in medical or neuroscience contexts.

• ミエリンは神しん経けい細さい胞ぼうの軸じく索さくを包つつむ絶ぜつ縁えん体たいです。

  Myelin is an insulator that wraps around the axons of nerve cells.

• 多た発はつ性せい硬こう化か症しょうではミエリンが損そん傷しょうを受うける。

  In multiple sclerosis, myelin is damaged.