spongioblast

1. 1.

   any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia

   Broadercolumnar cell

Other forms of spongioblast

plural

spongioblasts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spongioblast

What does spongioblast mean?

spongioblast means "any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia".

How many syllables are in spongioblast?

spongioblast has 4 syllables: spon-gi-o-blast. The stress falls on "gi".

Is spongioblast a common word?

spongioblast is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.