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NODES OF RANVIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nodes of Ranvier mean?
• NODES OF RANVIER (noun)
The noun NODES OF RANVIER has 1 sense:
1. small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
Familiarity information: NODES OF RANVIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
nodes of Ranvier; Ranvier's nodes
Hypernyms ("nodes of Ranvier" is a kind of...):
gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)
Holonyms ("nodes of Ranvier" is a part of...):
medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)
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