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nodes of ranvier

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node of Ran·vier   (rän'vyā, rän-vyā', räɴ-)   
n.   pl. nodes of Ranvier
A constriction in the myelin sheath, occurring at varying intervals along the length of a nerve fiber.

[After Louis Antoine Ranvier (1835-1922), French histologist.]
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nodes of ranvier

noun
small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons [syn: Ranvier's nodes] 
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