Usually means: Cells that myelinate CNS axons.
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  1. oligodendroglia: Merriam-Webster
  2. oligodendroglia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oligodendroglia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oligodendroglia: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. oligodendroglia: Wiktionary
  7. oligodendroglia: Dictionary.com
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  9. oligodendroglia: FreeDictionary.org
  10. oligodendroglia: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. oligodendroglia: Encyclopedia

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  1. oligodendroglia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
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▸ noun:  (anatomy) tissue (neuroglia) consisting of glial cells that are smaller than astrocytes and form the myelin sheath

Similar:
oligodendria, oligodendroglion, oligodendrocyte, oligodendrogliogenesis, macroglial cell, oligodendrogenesis, neuroglia, nonoligodendrocyte, astroglia, myelin, more...

Opposite:
astrocyte, microglia, ependymal cell

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oligodendria, oligodendroglion, oligodendrocyte, oligodendrogliogenesis, macroglial cell, oligodendrogenesis, neuroglia, nonoligodendrocyte, astroglia, myelin, more...

Opposite:
astrocyte, microglia, ependymal cell



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