n.
Pronunciation: ' ä-li-g ō - ' den-dr ə - ˌ s ī t, ' ō -; ə - ˌ li-g ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from olig- + dendr- + -cyte
Date: 1932
: a glial cell resembling an astrocyte but smaller with few and slender processes having few branches