- substance of schwann
- \\-ˈshw]än, -ˈshf], -ˈshv]\
Usage: usually capitalized 2d SEtymology: after Theodor Schwann died 1882 German anatomist
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substance of schwann
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white substance of schwann — Usage: usually capitalized 2d S Etymology: after Theodor Schwann died 1882 German naturalist, anatomist, & physiologist : myelin … Useful english dictionary
Schwann's white substance — Schwann s white sub stance (Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
SCHWANN (T.) — SCHWANN THEODOR (1810 1882) Physiologiste allemand qu’on peut considérer comme l’un des fondateurs de l’histologie moderne. On lui doit en effet la définition de la cellule comme unité de base du vivant, tant végétal qu’animal. Après avoir étudié … Encyclopédie Universelle
Schwann cell — shwän n a cell that forms spiral layers around a myelinated nerve fiber between two nodes of Ranvier and forms the myelin sheath consisting of the inner spiral layers from which the protoplasm has been squeezed out Schwann shvän Theodor Ambrose… … Medical dictionary
Schwann, Theodor — born Dec. 7, 1810, Neuss, Prussia died Jan. 11, 1882, Cologne, Ger. German physiologist. He founded modern histology by recognizing the cell as the basic unit of animal structure. A year after Mathias Jacob Schleiden, a colleague Schwann knew… … Universalium
substance — Stuff; material. SYN: substantia [TA], matter. [L. substantia, essence, material, fr. sub sto, to stand under, be present] alpha s. SYN: reticular s. (1). anterior perforated s. [TA] a region at the base … Medical dictionary
Schwann cell membrane (sheath) nucleus substance — (shvahn) [Theodor Schwann, German anatomist and physiologist, 1810–1882] see under cell and nucleus, and see neurilemma … Medical dictionary
Schwann — Theodor, German histologist and physiologist, 1810–1882. See S. cells, under cell, S. cell unit, S. white substance, sheath of S … Medical dictionary
Theodor Schwann — Theodor Schwann † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Theodor Schwann German physiologist and founder of the theory of the cellular structure of animal organisms; b. at Neuss, 7 December, 1810; d. Cologne, 11 January, 1882. He studied medicine at … Catholic encyclopedia
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