SCHWANN

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• SCHWANN (noun)
  The noun SCHWANN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCHWANN used as a noun is very rare.

• SCHWANN (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Schwann; Theodor Schwann

Instance hypernyms:

histologist (anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues)

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

 Context examples 

Some contain Schwann cells, bone, cartilage or hamartomatous blood vessels.

(Central Nervous System Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Such neoplasms include neuroepithelial cell neoplasms and neoplasms that arise from the perineural sheaths (perineurial cell neoplasms and Schwann cell neoplasms). —2003

(Neuroepithelial, Perineurial, and Schwann Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A slowly growing, benign, usually encapsulated tumor, composed of neoplastic differentiated Schwann cells.

(Benign Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of fibroblasts and schwann cells.

(Esophageal Neurofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign peripheral nervous system neoplasm that is composed of well-differentiated Schwann cells and affects the heart.

(Benign Cardiac Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuregulin-1 has also been studied as the glial growth factor, which acts as a Schwann cell mitogen, and as ARIA (acetylcholine receptor inducing activity), a regulator of the expression of acetylcholine receptors.

(Neuregulin 1, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also associated with muscle cells, Schwann cells, fat cells, and capillaries; and is interposed between the cellular elements and the underlying connective tissue.

(Basilar Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

The presence of malignant Schwann cell growth (benign variant is known as neurofibroma) at a site removed from the primary site of tumor growth.

(Metastatic Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of perineurial-like fibroblasts and Schwann cells.

(Neurofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequent studies have suggested a derivation from Schwann cells.

(Granular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)