1. tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers; [syn: oligodendroglia, oligodendria]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oligodendria
n 1: tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes
that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers [syn:
oligodendroglia, oligodendria]