Definition of "myelinization" []

• The process of forming a myelin sheath. (noun)

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• "Fats also aid visual development and enhance the growth of a special coating on nerves as they grow myelinization.23"
• "Thus, the baby does not see at first; this must await the myelinization of the optic nerve, which, to be sure, is not long delayed."
• "The myelinization of nerve fibers begins before birth and continues afterward."