Usually means: Gaps in myelin sheath, neuron.
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  1. node of Ranvier: Merriam-Webster
  2. node of Ranvier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. node of Ranvier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. node of Ranvier: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. node of Ranvier: Dictionary.com
  8. Node of Ranvier, Node of ranvier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. node of Ranvier: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (anatomy) A small constriction in the myelin sheath of axons.

Similar:
Ranvier's node, nodopathy, node, nerve ending, nerveway, nerve fibre, nervelet, neuropore, nanojunction, nerve fiber, more...

Opposite:
myelin, internode, axon segment

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Similar:
Ranvier's node, nodopathy, node, nerve ending, nerveway, nerve fibre, nervelet, neuropore, nanojunction, nerve fiber, more...

Opposite:
myelin, internode, axon segment

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node of ranvier gaps, more...



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