OLIGODENDROCYTE


Meaning of OLIGODENDROCYTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈä-li-gō-ˈden-drə-ˌsīt, ˈō-; ə-ˌli-gə- ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.