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axolemma
ax·o·lem·ma [ àksə lémmə ] (plural ax·o·lem·mas)


noun 
Definition:
 
membrane around nerve cell: the membranous sheath that encloses the long thin extension of a nerve cell axon
[Late 19th century. < Greek axōn "axis" + lemma "skin, husk"]
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