NODE OF RANVIER


Meaning of NODE OF RANVIER in English

/rahn vyay", rahn"vyay/ , Cell Biol.

a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.

[ 1880-85; after Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835-1922), French histologist, who described it in 1878 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .