oligodendroglion

noun

A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons

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Meanings

nounoligodendroglion (plural oligodendroglia)

plural oligodendroglia

  1. anatomyA glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons

Origin

Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.

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