Definitions for oligodendroglia
Princeton's WordNet
oligodendroglia, oligodendria(noun)
tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Wiktionary
oligodendroglia(Noun)
tissue (neuroglia) consisting of glial cells that are smaller than astrocytes and form the myelin sheath
oligodendroglia(Noun)
Plural form of oligodendroglion.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Oligodendroglia
A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system. Oligodendroglia may be called interfascicular, perivascular, or perineuronal (not the same as SATELLITE CELLS, PERINEURONAL of GANGLIA) according to their location. They form the insulating MYELIN SHEATH of axons in the central nervous system.
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