RANVIER'S NODES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ranvier's nodes mean? 

• RANVIER'S NODES (noun)
  The noun RANVIER'S NODES has 1 sense:

1. small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons

  Familiarity information: RANVIER'S NODES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANVIER'S NODES (noun)

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Meaning:

Small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nodes of Ranvier; Ranvier's nodes

Hypernyms ("Ranvier's nodes" is a kind of...):

gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)

Holonyms ("Ranvier's nodes" is a part of...):

medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)