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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constriction in the myelin sheath, occurring at varying intervals along the length of a nerve fiber.
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- noun anatomy A small
constriction in themyelin sheath ofaxons
Etymologies
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[After Louis Antoine Ranvier, (1835–1922), French histologist.]
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For Louis-Antoine Ranvier French physician
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