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    OLIGODENDRIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibersplay

    Synonyms:

    oligodendria; oligodendroglia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

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

    glia; neuroglia (sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system)

    Meronyms (parts of "oligodendria"):

    oligodendrocyte (a cell of the oligodendroglia)

    Holonyms ("oligodendria" is a part of...):

    medullary sheath; myelin sheath (a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers)

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