SCHWANN CELL


Meaning of SCHWANN CELL in English

Biol.

a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.

[ 1930-35; after T. SCHWANN, who first described it ]

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