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Definition of Neurilemma
1. Noun. Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber.
Generic synonyms: Case, Sheath
Group relationships: Nerve Fiber, Nerve Fibre
Definition of Neurilemma
1. n. The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Definition of Neurilemma
1. Noun. The outer membranous covering of a nerve fiber. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neurilemma
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neurilemma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurilemma
Literary usage of Neurilemma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"The neurilemma is composed of fibres of white fibrous tissue, and presents ...
The areolar tissue which invests the nerve-fibres is called the neurilemma. ..."
2. The Healing of Nerves by Charles Alfred Ballance, James Purves-Stewart (1901)
"leucocytes, connective- tissue cells, and neurilemma-cells. OBSERVATION 86 Cat.
Sciatic. Divided and not sutured. 6 hours. Proximal segment. ..."
3. Human Physiology; Analysis and Digest: For the Use of Medical Students and by John Peter Schmitz (1899)
"... e its final termination; ie, he nervous centre-cells, the •us plexuses of
motor and fe. The neurilemma of the ;d with sensitiveness by vir- ls of the ..."
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