schwann : Idioms & Phrases


schwann cell

  • noun any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath
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schwann's white substance

Schwann's white" sub"stance
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  1. (Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath.
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theodor schwann

  • noun German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)
    Schwann.
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