n.
Pronunciation: -den- ' drä-gl ē - ə , - ' dro ̇ -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary oligodendro cyte + New Latin glia
Date: 1924
: glia made up of oligodendrocytes that forms the myelin sheath around axons in the central nervous system
– ol · i · go · den · drog · li · al \ -gl ē - ə l \ adjective