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Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.
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oligodendroglion
Today it means: A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons Full definition →
Today it means: A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons Full definition →
Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.