polydendrocyte
English
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Etymology
[edit]From poly- + dendrocyte.
Noun
[edit]polydendrocyte (plural polydendrocytes)
- 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.