polydendrocyte

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ dendrocyte

Noun[edit]

polydendrocyte (plural polydendrocytes)

  1. An oligodendrocyte progenitor cell.
    • 1964, JR Dupont, H Sprinz, “The neurovegetative periphery of the gut. A revaluation with conventional technics in the light of modern knowledge”, in American Journal of Anatomy:
      The term "interstitial cell" is misleading, because it implies a connective tissue origin to most histologists. We would like to suggest the purely descriptive term "granular polydendrocyte" instead.