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English
Etymology
From oligo- + dendro- + glia.
Noun
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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