OLIGODENDROCYTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does oligodendrocyte mean? • OLIGODENDROCYTE (noun)
The noun OLIGODENDROCYTE has 1 sense:
1. a cell of the oligodendroglia
Familiarity information: OLIGODENDROCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OLIGODENDROCYTE (noun)
Meaning:
A cell of the oligodendroglia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("oligodendrocyte" is a kind of...):
glial cell; neurogliacyte; neuroglial cell (a cell of the neuroglia)
Holonyms ("oligodendrocyte" is a part of...):
oligodendria; oligodendroglia (tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers)
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