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AXOLEMMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outer membrane covering an axon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("axolemma" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Holonyms ("axolemma" is a part of...):
medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)