单词 | schwann cell |
释义 | Schwann cell in American English (ʃwɑn) any of the cells covering the myelin sheath that surrounds and insulates an axon of a nerve cell see also node of RanvierSchwann cell in American Englishnoun Biology a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath Word origin [1930–35; after T. schwann, who first described it]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloverleaf, logical positivism, old school tie, saddle stitch, uncertainty principle |
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