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NODES OF RANVIER

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

• NODES OF RANVIER (noun)

Sense 1

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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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