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Schwann (iou) and radio wave (oh)


Schwann (iou)



Schwann noun. L19.
[Theodor Schwann (1810-82), German physiologist.]
Anatomy.
1. sheath of Schwann, Schwann's sheath, = NEURILEMMA 2. L19.
2. Schwann cell, each of the cells which envelop the axons of peripheral nerve fibres, and form the myelin sheath when it is present; formerly spec., the parts of these cells containing the nucleus and cytoplasm. E20.
Schwa'nnoma noun, pl. -mas, -mata , Medicine a tumour (neurofibroma) derived from a Schwann cell M20.

radio wave (oh)



n [C usually plural]
a form of electric energy that can move through air or space