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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber [syn: neurolemma, neurilemma]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from neur- + Greek eil?ma covering, coil, from eilein to wind; akin to Greek eilyein to wrap — more at voluble Date: 1852 the plasma membrane surrounding a Schwann cell of a myelinated nerve fiber and separating layers of myelin • neurilemmal adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Neurilemma Neu`ri*lem"ma, n. [NL., from gr. ? nerve + ? peel, skin.] (Anat.) (a) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath. (b) The perineurium.