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OLIGODENDRIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oligodendria mean?
• OLIGODENDRIA (noun)
The noun OLIGODENDRIA has 1 sense:
1. tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Familiarity information: OLIGODENDRIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
oligodendria; oligodendroglia
Hypernyms ("oligodendria" is a kind of...):
glia; neuroglia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)
Meronyms (parts of "oligodendria"):
oligodendrocyte (a cell of the oligodendroglia)
Holonyms ("oligodendria" is a part of...):
medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)
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