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Schwann cell definition

Schwann cell (s̸hwän)

any of the cells covering the myelin sheath that surrounds and insulates an axon of a nerve cell

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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