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oligodendrocyte
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oligodendrocyte /ol·i·go·den·dro·cyte/ (-den´dro-sīt) a cell of the oligodendroglia.
ol·i·go·den·dro·cyte (l-g-dndr-st)
n.
One of the cells comprising the oligodendroglia.
oligodendrocyte
[ol′igōden′drəsīt]
Etymology: Gk, oligos + dendron, tree, kytos, cell
a type of neuroglial cell with dendritic projections that coil around axons of neural cells. The projections continue as myelin sheaths over the axons.
oligodendroglia [ol″ĭ-go-den-drog´le-ah]
1. the non-neural cells of ectodermal origin forming part of the adventitial structure of the central nervous system.
2. the tissue composed of such cells.
oligodendrocyte
a cell of oligodendroglia.
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