Associations to the word «Schwann»
Noun
Adverb
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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.