1. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882); [syn: Schwann, Theodor Schwann]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Theodor Schwann
n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839
identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and
animal tissue (1810-1882) [syn: Schwann, Theodor
Schwann]