node of ranvier

node of Ran·vier

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noun node of ranvier a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon. 1
noun node of ranvier any of the gaps that occur at regular intervals along the length of the sheath of a myelinated nerve fibre, at which the axon is exposed 0
noun node of ranvier any of the constrictions along the myelin sheath that surrounds an axon of a nerve cell: nodes are formed where two Schwann cells meet and are essential to the proper transmission of nerve impulses 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

1880-85; after Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835-1922), French histologist, who described it in 1878

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