Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun schwann_cell

1 sense of schwann cell

Sense 1
Schwann cell -- (any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath)
       => somatic cell, vegetative cell -- (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";)