[ 'rα:nvɪəɪ ]
■ noun Anatomy a gap in the myelin sheath of a nerve, between adjacent Schwann cells.
Origin
C19: named after the French histologist Louis Antoine Ranvier .
[ 'rα:nvɪəɪ ]
■ noun Anatomy a gap in the myelin sheath of a nerve, between adjacent Schwann cells.
Origin
C19: named after the French histologist Louis Antoine Ranvier .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004