polydendrocyte

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noun

An oligodendrocyte progenitor cell.

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Meanings

nounpolydendrocyte (plural polydendrocytes)

plural polydendrocytes

  1. An oligodendrocyte progenitor cell.

    The term "interstitial cell" is misleading, because it implies a connective tissue origin to most histologists. We would like to suggest the purely descriptive term "granular polydendrocyte" instead.

    1964, JR Dupont, H Sprinz, “The neurovegetative periphery of the gut. A revaluation with conventional technics in the light of modern knowledge”, in American Journal of Anatomy

Origin

From poly- + dendrocyte.

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