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Definition: Ranvier's Nodes |
Ranvier's NodesNoun1. Small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Ranvier's nodes allow saltatory conduction, that is, jumping of impulses from node to node, which is faster and more energetically favorable than continuous conduction. (references) |
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Synonym: Ranvier's NodesSynonym: nodes of Ranvier (n). (additional references) |
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Pig Latin | anvier'sray odesnay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-d-e-e-i-n-n-o-r-r-s-s-v" | |
-4 letters: adenosines, dreariness, drivenness, nondrivers, nonreaders, orneriness, reversions. | |
-5 letters: adenosine, anserines, arsenides, aversions, endeavors, endorsers, ensnarers, environed, eversions, indorsees, indorsers, insnarers, inverness, naiveness, nearsides, nerviness, nondriver, nonreader, nosedives, ordainers, overdares, overdress, overdries, overrides, oversides, readiness, reasoners, reinvades, reordains, reversion, serranids. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 6E 76 69 65 72 27 73 4E 6F 64 65 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101110 01110110 01101001 01100101 01110010 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001110 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a n v i e r ' s   N o d e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 006E 0076 0069 0065 0072 0027 0073 004E 006F 0064 0065 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5267808875718498524881707185 |
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