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Schwann
(shvän), Theodor 1810-1882. German physiologist and histologist who described the cell as the basic structure of animal tissue.
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Schwann
(German ʃvan)n
(Biography) Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1810–82, German physiologist, who founded the theory that all animals consist of cells or cell products
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Schwann
(ʃvɑn, ʃwɑn)n.
Theodor, 1810–82, German zoologist.
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| Noun | 1. |  Schwann - German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) |
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