SPONGIOBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spongioblast mean? 

• SPONGIOBLAST (noun)
  The noun SPONGIOBLAST has 1 sense:

1. any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia

  Familiarity information: SPONGIOBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPONGIOBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("spongioblast" is a kind of...):

columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell (an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia)