Usually means: Cells that myelinate CNS axons.
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  1. oligodendrocyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. oligodendrocyte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oligodendrocyte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oligodendrocyte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oligodendrocyte: Vocabulary.com
  6. oligodendrocyte: Wordnik
  7. oligodendrocyte: Wiktionary
  8. oligodendrocyte: Dictionary.com
  9. Oligodendrocyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. oligodendrocyte: Rhymezone
  11. oligodendrocyte: FreeDictionary.org
  12. oligodendrocyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. oligodendrocyte: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. oligodendrocyte: Encyclopedia

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  1. oligodendrocyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Oligodendrocyte: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  6. oligodendrocyte: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. oligodendrocyte: Medical dictionary
  8. Oligodendrocyte: Drug Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (biology) Any of the cells of the oligodendroglia in the nervous system

Similar:
nonoligodendrocyte, oligodendroglion, oligodendroglia, oligodendrogliogenesis, oligodendrogenesis, glioblast, macroglial cell, neurogliocyte, neuroglia, brain cell, more...

Opposite:
astrocyte, microglia, neuron

Phrases:
Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, more...

Adjectives:
single, mature, dark, cultured, perineuronal, light, immature

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Similar:
nonoligodendrocyte, oligodendroglion, oligodendroglia, oligodendrogliogenesis, oligodendrogenesis, glioblast, macroglial cell, neurogliocyte, neuroglia, brain cell, more...

Opposite:
astrocyte, microglia, neuron

Phrases:
Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, more...

Adjectives:
single, mature, dark, cultured, perineuronal, light, immature



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