Home › Words › R › remyelinateremyelinateremyelinate means to recoat with myelin following previous demyelination.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, remyelinate ranks #16,730 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom re- + myelinate.verbTo recoat with myelin following previous demyelinatione.g.“A PNG bridge provides a permissive, directional substrate to encourage and guide long-distance regeneration, and resident Schwann cells provide trophic support and can remyelinate the axons.” — 2015 October 2, “Peripheral Nerve Transplantation Combined with Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Chondroitinase Induces Regeneration and Improves Urinary Function in Complete Spinal Cord TransectedDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.remyelinization 77% match — A second or subsequent myelinization vs remyelinate →demyelinate 66% match — To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve vs remyelinate →demyelinating 60% match — That promotes, or undergoes demyelination vs remyelinate →relipidate 60% match — To lipidate again, typically following delipidation vs remyelinate →reinsulate 60% match — To insulate again or anew. vs remyelinate →promyelinating 59% match — That fosters promyelination. vs remyelinate →hypermyelinate 58% match — To myelinate excessively vs remyelinate →neuroreparative 58% match — That repairs damage to neurons vs remyelinate →