Associations to the word «Schwann»

Wiktionary

SCHWANN, proper noun. (surname)
SCHWANN CELL, noun. Glia of the peripheral nervous system involved in many important aspects of peripheral nerve biology, including the myelination of axons.

Dictionary definition

SCHWANN, noun. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke