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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers [syn: medullary sheath, myelin sheath]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1896 a layer of myelin surrounding some nerve fibers — called also medullary sheath





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