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SCHWANN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)
Synonyms:
Schwann; Theodor Schwann
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
histologist (anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues)
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
Context examples:
Cell-cell adhesions also underpin axon-axon contacts and link neurons with supporting schwann cells and oligodendrocytes.
(Cell Adhesion Molecule Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve - the nerve of hearing.
(Acoustic Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An intraneural or extraneural neoplasm arising from nerve tissues and neural sheaths, composed of perineurial-like fibroblasts and Schwann cells.
(Neurofibroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Morphologically, it is composed of neoplastic differentiated Schwann cells.
(Benign Esophageal Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of cells with the immunophenotypic and electron microscopic features of Schwann cells which contain melanosomes and are positive for melanoma markers.
(Melanotic Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)
