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[sheeth] / ʃiθ /




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That timing appears to be essential for producing enough mature oligodendrocytes to properly restore the damaged myelin sheath.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

"The crystallisation basins are covered by grass and sheath and so on. This is not the landscape that usually salinas are," she said, explaining the changes to the area that saltwork pumping created.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

MS is a disease of the brain and central nervous system, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty myelin sheath that normally protects the nerves, like insulation around electric wires.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Calvin Klein, where Bessette worked before marrying JFK Jr., has a “90s Edit” on its website showcasing sheath dresses, white button-down shirts and other minimalist looks from the era.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

She was slipping into her work outfit—a yellow sheath and some white flats.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Standard CD20 antibodies are an established treatment for MS, with the antibodies targeting the renegade autoimmune cells that damage nerve sheaths.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

It requires a level of physical brain development called mylenation — the growth of fatty sheaths that wrap around nerve cells, insulating them and allowing information to travel more quickly and efficiently through the brain.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2025

The extraordinary darkness that sheaths the Atacama, which stretches for hundreds of miles in Chile’s north, has made it a haven for astronomers searching for planets and stars shimmering in the night sky.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2024

The delicate tissue sheaths that insulate each biological circuit lay in “disorganized clumps,” and throughout Mr. Card’s brain there was scarring and inflammation suggesting repeated trauma.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2024

Whether by some virtue in these sheaths or because of the spell that lay on the mound, the blades seemed untouched by time, unrusted, sharp, glittering in the sun.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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