oligodendroglia Histology.
(ˌɒlɪgəʊdɛndrəʊˈglaɪə)
[ad. Sp. oligodendrogl{iacu}a (P. del Rio-Hortega 1921, in Bol. de la Real Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. XXI. 63): see oligo-, dendro-, and neuroglia.]
Oligodendrocytes. Usu. const. as pl.
| 1924 Brain XLVII. 430 (heading) Oligodendroglia and its relation to classical neuroglia. 1932 W. Penfield Cytol. & Cellular Path. Nervous Syst. II. ix. 437 Oligodendrocytes or oligodendroglia were first demonstrated by Robertson (1899, 1900 a) under the name of mesoglia by means of his platinum method. Del Rio-Hortega (1921 b) independently re-discovered the cells by means of a more reliable and complete staining method. He called them oligodendroglia..because, as compared with astrocytes or the astroglia, the branches of these cells were small and apparently few and he recognized them as one type of neuroglia. 1951 O. Larsell Anat. Nervous Syst. (ed. 2) iv. 127 The elements of oligodendroglia are related to the astrocytes but are smaller and have smaller nuclei. 1962 [see microglia]. 1974 Bergman & Afifi Atlas Microsc. Anat. vi. 111 Oligodendroglia are smaller than astrocytes and have a denser nucleus and cytoplasm. 1974 J. A. G. Rhodin Histol. xv. 314/2 Oligodendroglia or oligodendrocytes are small, angular cells of neural ectodermal origin. |
Hence ˌoligodendroˈglial a.
| 1929 Jrnl. Path. & Bacteriol. XXXII. 736 An oligodendroglial cell contains a spherical nucleus which is smaller than the nucleus of a neuroglial cell. 1972 Science 19 May 801/3 These vacuoles..were found..in axons, astrocytes, and oligodendroglial cells. |