oligodendroglia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oligo- + dendro- + glia.
Noun
[edit]oligodendroglia (plural oligodendroglias or oligodendroglia)
- (anatomy) tissue (neuroglia) consisting of glial cells that are smaller than astrocytes and form the myelin sheath
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[edit]See also
[edit]Oligodendrocyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia