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oligodendrocytes

oligodendrocytes is the plural of oligodendrocyte.

Meaning of oligodendrocyte

Noun

oligodendrocyte (plural oligodendrocytes)

  1. Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system
    • With the Hortega silver carbonate stain, or one of its modifications, oligodendrocytes are observed. These cells are usually small and correspond to the small cortical oligodendrocyte of Robertson.1933, LB Cox, “The cytology of the glioma group; with special reference to the inclusion of cells derived from the invaded tissue”, in The American Journal of Pathology

Questions about oligodendrocytes

What is oligodendrocytes the plural of?
Oligodendrocytes is the plural of oligodendrocyte.

Words near oligodendrocytes in the dictionary

  1. oligodendrimers
  2. oligodendritic
  3. oligodendroblast
  4. oligodendroblasts
  5. oligodendrocyte
  6. oligodendrocytes
  7. oligodendrocytic
  8. oligodendrocytoma
  9. oligodendrocytomas
  10. oligodendrogenesis
  11. oligodendrogenic

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