oligodendroglion

English

Etymology

Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.

Noun

oligodendroglion (plural oligodendroglia)

  1. (anatomy) A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons
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