spongioblast

Definitions of spongioblast
  1. noun
    any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia
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    type of:
    columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell
    an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia
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