- Merkel-Ranvier cells
- Mer·kel-Ran·vier cells (murґkəl rah-vyaґ) [F.S. Merkel; Louis Antoine Ranvier, French pathologist, 1835–1922] see under cell.
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Merkel-Ranvier cells
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