Polydendrocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An oligodendrocyte progenitor cell.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From poly- + dendrocyte.

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progenitor cell

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