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CAPSULE OF A NERVE CELL

\kˈapsjuːl əvə nˈɜːv sˈɛl], \kˈapsjuːl əvə nˈɜːv sˈɛl], \k_ˈa_p_s_j_uː_l ə_v_ə n_ˈɜː_v s_ˈɛ_l]\

Definitions of CAPSULE OF A NERVE CELL

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The transparent sheath inclosing the nerve cells of the peripheral nervous system (the spinal ganglia and sympathetic system). They are continuous with the primitive sheath, or neurilemma, and, like it, have nuclei on their inner surface

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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