a partial absence or patchy, incomplete area of a myelin sheath over all or part of an axon or fiber tract due to degeneration or destruction of the myelin sheath
Synonyms: myelin degeneration myelin destruction
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Demyelination is a term used to describe the destruction of the myelin sheath that surrounds axonal fibres. This is caused by diseases that damage the myelin sheath or the cells that form it.