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Schwann cell
noun
, Biology.
- a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
Schwann cell
/ shwän,shvän /
- Any of the cells that cover the axons in the peripheral nervous system and form the myelin sheath.
- See more at myelin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Schwann cell1
1930–35; after T. Schwann, who first described it
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